Charles Silvestre
Charles Silvestre (ʃaʁl silvɛstʁ; 2 February 1889 – 31 March 1948) was a French regionally inspired novel writer. A friend of Charles Maurras, he collaborated with the Action française. The settings of his novels are usually the borders of Limousin and Poitou.
Charles Silvestre
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- Birth Name
- Gaston Armand Silvestre
- Born
- 2 February 1889
- Birthplace
- Tulle
- Died
- 21 March 1948
- Place of death
- Bellac
- Occupation
- Writer
- Full name
- Gaston Armand Silvestre.
- Nationality
- France.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix Femina and Paulée de Meursault Prize.
- Languages
- French.
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Charles Silvestre (ʃaʁl silvɛstʁ; 2 February 1889 – 31 March 1948) was a French regionally inspired novel writer. A friend of Charles Maurras, he collaborated with the Action française. The settings of his novels are usually the borders of Limousin and Poitou.
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He won the literary Prix Femina in 1926 with his novel Prodige du cœur.
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• Birth Name — Gaston Armand Silvestre • Born — 2 February 1889 • Birthplace — Tulle • Died — 21 March 1948 • Place of death — Bellac • Occupation — Writer
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• 1920: L'Incomparable Ami • 1920: Le Soleil de Salamine • 1922: L'Amour et la mort de Jean Pradeau, preface by Jérôme and Jean Tharaud, (published as a roman-feuilleton in L'Action française (quotidien) from 22 July 1933 to 16 August 1933) • 1923: Le Merveilleux Médecin • 1924: Aimée Villard, fille de France • 1924: Cœurs paysans, introduction by Henri Pourrat • 1925: Belle Sylvie • 1926: Prodige du cœur, Prix Femina, adorned with 28 original watercolors by Jean Texcier • 1926: Dans la lumière du cloître, Plon - Le Roseau d'Or n° 11 • 1927: Amour sauvé • 1928: Le Vent du gouffre • 1929: La Prairie et la flamme • 1929: Le Voyage rustique • 1931: Monsieur Terral • 1931: Pleine terre • 1932: Au soleil des saisons • 1933: Le Livre d'un terrien • 1933: L'Orage sur la maison • 1933: Le Passé d'amour • 1934: Le Nid d'épervier • 1935: La Roue tourne • 1936: Le Démon du soir • 1936: Mère et fils • 1944: Dernier Noël • 1946: Manoir
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- Correspondance Henri Pourrat-Charles Silvestre, éd. critique établie par Claude Dalet, pref. by Claire Pourrat, Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale et interuniversitaire, 1983
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