Anne-Marie de Backer
Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987) was a French poet and translator. She was awarded the Renée Vivien Prize for female poets in 1959.
Anne-Marie de Backer
- Name
- Anne-Marie de Backer
- Born
- 1908
- Died
- 1987
- Full name
- Anne Marie Marguerite Serruau.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, translator, writer and teacher.
- Honours
- Desbordes-Valmore Award, Prix Antonin-Artaud and Prix Renée Vivien.
- Languages
- French.
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Anne-Marie de Backer (2 November 1908 – 5 July 1987) is described as a writer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Life
Anne-Marie de Backer was born on 2 November 1908 in Contres (Loir-et-Cher) and died on 5 July 1987 in Montpellier.
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• Name — Anne-Marie de Backer • Born — 1908 • Died — 1987 • Language — French • Genre — poetry
Works
Works
• Le Vent des rues, Paris, Seghers, Prix Artaud 1952. • Danse du cygne noir, Paris, Seghers, 1954. • Les Étoiles de novembre, Préf. de Louis Émié, Paris, Seghers, 1956. • L'Herbe et le feu, Paris, Seghers, 1958. • La Dame d'Elche, Paris, Seghers, 1963. • Étoile Lucifer, Paris, Seghers, 1967. • Orties aux flammes bleues, 1975. • Le Soleil du grand vent, Rodez, Subervie, Coll. Le Miroir, 1981.
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Contres.
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Montpellier.
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- 1.Archives de Montpellier, année 1987, acte de décès , vue 128/251
- 2.BACKER Anne-Marie (de). Cimetières de Montpellier. 2017-04-26.
- 3.Anne-Marie de Backer.
- 4.De Backer, Anne-Marie (1908-1987) Memoria digital de Elche/Elx. www.elche.me.
- 5.Anne-Marie de Backer. www.autainville.com.
- 6.Gérard d’Houville, Anne-Marie de Backer, Jaime Torres Bodet lauréats de la Société des Poètes français. Sud Ouest. 1957-02-08.
- 7.Livres choisis. Université des annales. 1962.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Anne-Marie de Backer, biographie et bibliographie. Subervie. 1976.
- Anne-Marie de Backer, fille adoptive d’un songe. Presses universitaires de Montpellier. 1992. 2-905397-54-3.
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- Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-FézensacAuthor
- Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de CourcellesAuthor
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