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Paul-Théodore Acker

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Pōru-Teodōru Akkā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1874-09-14 (Saverne, Bas-Rhin, France)
Died
1915-06-27 (Thann, Haut-Rhin, France) age 40
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Saverne, France

Career

Occupations
Writer, Journalist
Active Years
1898-1915
Affiliations
Action française
Memberships
Action française

Awards

Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française
1915
Work: body of work
Organization: Académie française
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Exilés

1911 Novel

Story of exiles set in Alsace.

ExileAlsace

Le Beau Jardin

1910 Novel

Story revolving around a beautiful garden.

NatureLife

Les deux cahiers

1912 Novel

Story centered on two notebooks.

MemoryFamily

Bibliography

  • Dispensé de l'Article 23
  • Un mari sans femme
  • Petites confessions. Visites et portraits
  • La Petite Madame de Thianges
  • Le Désir de vivre
  • Œuvres sociales des femmes
  • Le Soldat Bernard
  • Le Beau Jardin
  • Une ville industrielle alsacienne: Mulhouse
  • Les deux cahiers
  • Les deux amours
  • Les Demoiselles Bertram
  • Trois tombes
  • L'Oiseau vainqueur
  • Entre deux rives
  • Colmar : une ville alsacienne
  • Les Exilés

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Popular novel style
Recurring Motifs
AlsaceSocial issues

Health

  • Car accident
    1915年
    Killed during military service

Legacy

French-language writer of popular novels. Awarded the first Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française in 1915 for his body of work. Killed in WWI and listed among writers who died for France at the Panthéon.

In Popular Culture

  • Memorial stele in Goldbach

Trivia

  • Birthplace in Saverne still exists
  • Buried in Saverne in 1922
  • Tributed by Charles Maurras