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Philippe Hériat

フィリップ・エリア

Firippu Eriya

Aliases: Raymond Gérard Payelle

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1898-09-15 （Paris）
Died
1971-10-10 （Paris） age 73
Nationality
フランス
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright, actor
Active Years
1920-1971
Memberships
Académie Goncourt

Awards

Prix Renaudot
1931
Work: L'Innocent
Organization: Prix Renaudot
Result: winner
Prix Goncourt
1939
Work: Les Enfants gâtés
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: winner
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1947
Work: Famille Boussardel
Organization: Académie française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Innocent

1931 novel

Les Enfants gâtés

1939 novel

Part of the Boussardel family saga.

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Famille Boussardel

1946 novel

Epic family history of the Boussardels.

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Bibliography

  • L'Innocent (1931)
  • La Titine. L'amour sur le banc (1932–1933)
  • L'Araignée du matin (1933)
  • La Main tendue (1933)
  • Le Départ du Valdivia (1933)
  • La Foire aux garçons (1934)
  • Miroirs (1936)
  • Les Enfants gâtés (1939)
  • La Bruyère du Cap (1943)
  • Famille Boussardel (1946)
  • La Brimade inutile (1946)
  • Les Grilles d'or
  • Retour sur mes pas (1959)
  • Le Temps d'aimer (1968)

Adaptations

  • Le Secret de Mayerling (screenplay, 1949)

Legacy

A prominent 20th-century French novelist who won the Prix Goncourt. Known for the Boussardel family series depicting the rise and fall of a family, highly regarded by critics. Also active as an actor in the silent film era, recognized as a multifaceted literary figure.

Trivia

  • Buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
  • Appeared in numerous silent films.