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Robert Margerit

ロベール・マルジュリ

Robēru Marujuri

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1910-01-25 (Brive-la-Gaillarde)
Died
1988-06-27 (Isle, Haute-Vienne) age 78
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Limoges → Isle

Career

Occupations
journalist, writer
Active Years
1931-1988
Affiliations
Le Populaire du Centre

Awards

Prix Renaudot
1951
Work: Le Dieu nu
Result: winner
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1963
Work: La Révolution
Organization: Académie française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Dieu nu

1951 novel

Novel that won the Prix Renaudot in 1951.

La Révolution

1963 novel

Epic novel in 3 volumes (later 4) about the Revolution, winner of Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.

Bibliography

  • Nue et Nu (1936)
  • L'Île des perroquets (1942)
  • Mont-Dragon (1944)
  • Phénix (1946)
  • Le Vin des vendangeurs (1946)
  • Par un été torride (1950)
  • Le Dieu nu (1951)
  • La Femme forte (1953)
  • Le Château des Bois-Noirs (1954)
  • La Malaquaise (1956)
  • Les Amants (1957)
  • La Terre aux loups (1958)
  • La Révolution (1963)
  • La Révolution, 4th volume: Les Hommes perdus (1968)

Adaptations

  • Mont-Dragon film

Translations of Works

  • El Tesoro de Morgan (Spanish)

Legacy

French journalist and writer. His writer's library is preserved as the Robert Margerit cultural center.

Museums

  • Centre culturel Robert Margerit Limoges