Emmanuel Roblès
Emmanuel Roblès (4 May 1914 in Oran, French Algeria – 22 February 1995 in Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine) was a French author and playwright. He was elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973. He was one of many influential pieds-noirs of his time.
Also recorded as Emmanuel Robles
Emmanuel Roblès
- Name
- Emmanuel Roblès
- Born
- 4 May 1914
- Birthplace
- Oran, French Algeria
- Died
- 22 February 1995
- Place of death
- Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Occupation
- Novelist, screenwriter
- Awards
- Prix Femina
- Nationality
- France
- Known for
- Les Hauteurs de la ville
- Honours
- Prix Femina · Eugène Dabit populist novel award · Broquette-Gonin prize
- Languages
- French
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Emmanuel Roblès, a writer, was born on 4 May 1914 in Oran (Algérie) and died on 22 February 1995 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine).
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Biography
The Prix Emmanuel Roblès literary award was established in his honour in 1990.
Key facts
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• Name — Emmanuel Roblès • Born — 4 May 1914 • Birthplace — Oran, French Algeria • Died — 22 February 1995 • Place of death — Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine, France • Occupation — Novelist, screenwriter • Notable Works — Montserrat, 1948 • Awards — Prix Femina
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Identity
Emmanuel Roblès is recorded as having received Prix Femina, Eugène Dabit populist novel award and Broquette-Gonin prize. Recognition and collections. Roblès received Prix Femina, Eugène Dabit populist novel award and Broquette-Gonin prize.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1914
Emmanuel Roblès born at Oran.
1995
Emmanuel Roblès died at Boulogne-Billancourt.
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Oran.
Birth place
Boulogne-Billancourt.
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reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1338416: Emmanuel Roblès
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- “Emmanuel Roblès”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Emmanuel Roblès et l’hispanité en Oranie, Continents manuscrits, 2014
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2014
Selected bibliography
• La Vallée du paradis (1940) • Travail d'homme (1942) • La Marie des quatres vents (1942), short story • Nuits sur le monde (1944), short stories • L'Action (1946) • Les Hauteurs de la ville (1948), winner of the Prix Femina • Montserrat (1948), play • La Mort en face (1951), short stories • Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1952) • Federica (1954) • Les Couteaux (1956), novel about Mexico • L'Homme d'Avril (1959), short stories (title story about Japan) • Le Vésuve (1961) • Jeunes saisons (1961), autobiography • La Remontée du fleuve (1962) • La Croisière (1968) • Un Printemps d'Italie (1970) • L'Ombre et la rive (1972), short stories • Saison violente (1974) • Un Amour sans fin (1976) • Les Sirènes (1977) • L'Arbre invisible (1979) • Venise en hiver (1981) • La chasse à la licorne (1985) • Norma, ou, L'Exil infini (1988) • Albert Camus et la trêve civile (1988), criticism • Les Rives du fleuve bleu (1990), short stories • Cristal des jours (1990), poetry • L'Herbe des ruines (1992) • Erica (1994), short stories • Camus, frère de soleil (1995), biography
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- 1.Itinéraire d’un engagement : Emmanuel Roblès - Max Marchand Mouloud Feraoun. 2014-01-22.
- 2.Bfm : Espace Auteur. www.bm-limoges.fr.
- 3.Marie-Hélène Chèze, Luca Fagari, Jacqueline Macek-Roblès. Repères biographiques. Les Carnets de l'exotisme. juin 1977. 9-13.
- 4.Magazine des Lettres et des Arts du 13 décembre 1947 à 19 h 15.
- 5.Limag- Littérature maghrébine. www.limag.com.
- 6.Dodik Jégou et Christophe Penot, La Maison internationale des poètes et des écrivains, Éditions Cristel, Saint-Malo, 2002, 57 p., .
- 7.Emmanuel Roblès, Routes tibétaines, avec des photographies de l'auteur et d'Adech, Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1986, 68 p.
- 8.Les « Routes tibétaines » de l'écrivain français Emmanuel Roblès, Le Quotidien du peuple en ligne, 15 mars 2008.
- 9.Víctor Alba, Sísif i el seu temps, Volume 3, Laertes, 1995, , : .
- 10.Philippe Paquet, L'ABC-daire du Tibet, 2010, Philippe Picquier, , .
- 11.Jean. Déjeux. Le Grand Prix littéraire de l'Algérie (1921-1961). Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. 85. 60–71. 1985. 0035-2411. 2025-02-06.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Denise Bourdet, Emmanuel Roblès, dans: Visages d'aujourd'hui, Paris, Plon, 1960.
- coll : Emmanuel Roblès et ses amis, actes du colloque de Montpellier, sous la dir. de Guy Dugas. Montpellier, Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée, 2000
- Guy Dugas : Emmanuel Roblès. Une action, une œuvre. Préface de Michel Tournier de l'Académie Goncourt. Alger, éditions du Tell, 2007
- coll : Emmanuel Roblès et l'Hispanité en Oranie, actes du colloque d'Oran, sous la dir. de Guy Dugas. Paris, L'Harmattan, 2012
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