René Boylesve
French author
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 Boylesve in 1921 | |
| Born | René Tardiveau (1867-04-14)14 April 1867 La Haye-Descartes, France |
| Died | 14 June 1926(1926-06-14) (aged 59) Paris, France |
| Notable awards | Election to the Académie française in 1919 |
René Boylesve (14 April 1867 in La Haye-Descartes – 14 January 1926 in Paris), born René Marie Auguste Tardiveau, was a French writer and a literary critic.
Biography
Boylesve was orphaned early and went to school in Poitiers and Tours. In 1895 he began to publish articles in various journals. He is considered the heir of Honoré de Balzac and precursor of Marcel Proust. In 1919 he was inducted into the Académie française.
Works
- Le Médecin des Dames de Néans (1896),
- Le Parfum des Îles Borromées (1898)
- Mademoiselle Cloque (1899),
- La Becquée (1901),
- La Leçon d’amour dans un parc (1902),
- L’Enfant à la balustrade (1903),
- Le Meilleur ami (1909),
- La Jeune Fille Bien élevée (1909),
- Madeleine jeune femme (1912),
- Élise (1921),
- Nouvelles leçons d’amour dans un parc (1924),
- Souvenirs du jardin détruit (1924),
- Je vous ai désirée un soir (1925),
- Feuilles tombées (1927).
Bibliography
- Dictionnaire des lettres françaises, sixth volume: Le xxe siècle. LGF-Le Livre de Poche, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-253-13109-1 (in French)
- Jean Ménard: L'oeuvre de René Boylesve. Librairie Nizet, Paris 1956 (in French)
- Marc Piguet: René Boylesve, l’Homme à la balustrade. Éditions Pays et Terroirs, Cholet 2007 (in French)
- François Trémouilloux: René Boylesve, Romancier du sensible, Presses Universitaires François Rabelais, Tours 2010 (in French)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to René Boylesve.
- Works by René Boylesve at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about René Boylesve at Internet Archive
- SUDOC (Association of French university libraries) : works by René Boylesve (in French)
- Brief biography and list of works on the website of the Académie française (in French)
- René Boylesve - un grand écrivan méconnu (in French)
- La Touraine (1926) (in French)
- Archives of René Boylesve (Fonds René Boylesve, R11713) are held at Library and Archives Canada It contains correspondence and three manuscripts. (in French)
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