Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
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Edition 5 (1919) Winner
Pierre Benoit
ピエール・ベノワ
Pierre Benoît
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1886-07-16 （Albi, Tarn, France）
- Died
- 1962-03-03 （Paris, France） age 75
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Tunisia → Algeria → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- soldier, novelist
- Active Years
- 1918-1962
- Affiliations
- Académie française
- Memberships
- Académie Goncourt judge
- Influenced By
- Tin Hinan, H. Rider Haggard
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée de Constantine | — | — | — | 幼少期 | Algeria |
Lycée de Constantine
Period:
幼少期
Year of Graduation:
1904
Country:
Algeria
Attended school in Algeria
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française | L'Atlantide | — | Académie française | 受賞 |
Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française
1919
Work:
L'Atlantide
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
L'Atlantide
1919 Fantasy novel 303 pagesIn 1896 in the French Algerian Sahara, officers André de Saint-Avit and Jean Morhange investigate disappearances. Drugged and kidnapped by a Tuareg for Queen Antinea, descendant of Atlantis. Cave has 120 niches for lovers (53 filled). Saint-Avit succumbs, murders Morhange, escapes.
AtlantisSeductionSahara DesertQueen AntineaTuareg
Adaptations
- [Film] L'Atlantide / Jacques Feyder (1921)
- [Film] Die Herrin von Atlantis / G.W. Pabst (1932)
- [Film] Siren of Atlantis (1949)
- [Film] Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis / Vittorio Cottafavi (1961)
- [Film] Journey Beneath the Desert / Edgar G. Ulmer (1961)
- [TV film] L'Atlantide / Jean Kerchbron (1972)
- [Film] L'Atlantide / Bob Swaim (1992)
Translations
- 1920 translation by Mary C. Tongue and Mary Ross as Atlantida
Translations of Works
- English edition Atlantida (1920)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Exotic adventure styleDetailed geographical and cultural descriptionsFantastical elements
- Recurring Motifs
- North African desertsLost civilizationsSeductive female rulers
Legacy
Prominent early 20th-century French novelist and Académie française member, renowned for exotic adventure fantasies. L'Atlantide won the Grand Prix and inspired numerous films.
In Popular Culture
- Novel L'Atlantide adapted into multiple films, influencing popular culture
Quotes
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From 1892 to 1907, I lived in Tunisia and in Algeria. Ever since my childhood, I had heard talk of Tuaregs, and my imagination was aroused by certain sombre stories, especially that of a mission into the African centre by two Frenchmen of whom only one returned... This is the idea which is at the basis of Atlantida, there is no other.
Source: L'Écho de Paris (1920)
Trivia
- Atlantida was his second novel after Koenigsmark
- Denied plagiarism from H. Rider Haggard's She claiming inability to read English
- Childhood in Tunisia and Algeria inspired his works