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Eugène Dabit

Illustration — Self-portrait (1926) Eugene Dabit (21 September 1898 in Mers-les-Bains – 21 August 1936 in Sevastopol) was a French socialist writer. He was part of the group "proletarian literature" and had a great success for his novel L'Hôtel du Nord which won the du Prix du roman populiste and was filmed in 1938 by Marcel Carné. He maintained an important correspondence with Roger Martin du Gard.

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Eugène Dabit

autoportrait de l'artiste datant de 1926

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Born
1898 · Paris.
Died
1936 · Sevastopol.
Nationality
France
Occupation
writer · novelist
Fields
portrait
Movements
proletarian literature
Education
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Honours
Eugène Dabit populist novel award · Prix Blumenthal
Languages
French

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Illustration — Self-portrait (1926) Eugene Dabit (21 September 1898 in Mers-les-Bains – 21 August 1936 in Sevastopol) was a French socialist writer. He was part of the group "proletarian literature" and had a great success for his novel L'Hôtel du Nord which won the du Prix du roman populiste and was filmed in 1938 by Marcel Carné. He maintained an important correspondence with Roger Martin du Gard.

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