Georges Lecomte
Illustration — Georges Lecomte Georges Lecomte (9 July 1867 – 27 August 1958) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote literary, historical and artistic studies. Lecomte was born in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire. In 1924 he was elected to the Académie française, of which he became perpetual secretary in 1946.
Georges Lecomte
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- Full name
- Georges Charles Lecomte.
- Born
- 1867 · Mâcon.
- Died
- 1958 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- writer · playwright · journalist · head teacher · critic
- Education
- Lycée Lamartine
- Honours
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour · Vitet Prize
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Georges Lecomte Georges Lecomte (9 July 1867 – 27 August 1958) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote literary, historical and artistic studies. Lecomte was born in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire. In 1924 he was elected to the Académie française, of which he became perpetual secretary in 1946.
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He was also director of the École Estienne. In August 1958, at the age of 91, He died at his home at 82 Rue du Ranelagh in the 16th arrondissement in Paris.
Georges Lecomte studied at Lycée Lamartine. Law is recorded as having studied under Georges Lecomte. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include perpetual secretary of the French Academy and member of the Académie française. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and Vitet Prize.
• La Meule, 4 acts, Paris, Théâtre-Libre, 26 February 1891 • Mirages, 5 acts, Paris, Théâtre-Libre, 6 March 1893
Novels
Novels
• Les Valets, contemporary novel (1898) • La Suzeraine (1898) • La Maison en fleurs (1900) • Les Cartons verts, contemporary novel (1901) • Le Veau d'or (1903) • Les Hannetons de Paris (1905) • L'Espoir (1908) • Bouffonneries dans la tempête (1921) • La Lumière retrouvée (1923) • Le Mort saisit le vif (1925) • Le Jeune Maître (1929) • Les Forces d'amour (1931) • Je n'ai menti qu'à moi-même (1932) • La Rançon (1941) • Servitude amoureuse (1949) • Le Goinfre vaniteux, comic=satirical novel (1951)
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Other
• L'Art impressioniste d'après la collection privée de M. Durand-Ruel (1892) • Espagne (1896) • Les Allemands chez eux (1910) • Les Lettres au service de la patrie (1917) • Pour celles qui pleurent, pour ceux qui souffrent (1917) • Clemenceau (1918) • Au chant de la Marseillaise. Danton et Robespierre. L'Ouragan de la Marseillaise. Marceau et Kléber (1919) • Louis Charlot (1925) • La Vie amoureuse de Danton (1927) • La Vie héroïque et glorieuse de Carpeaux (1928) • Les Prouesses du Bailli de Suffren (1929) • Le Gouvernement de M. Thiers (1930) • Thiers (1933) • Steinlen. Chats et autres Bêtes. Dessins inédits. Texte de Georges Lecomte (1933) • Gloire de l'Île-de-France (1934) • Ma traversée (1949)
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1867
Georges Lecomte was born in 1867 at Mâcon.
1958
Georges Lecomte died in 1958 at Paris.
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- 1.Joan Ungersma Halperin, Félix Fénéon, Paris, Gallimard, 1991, .
- 2.Le Temps, du .
- 3.Georges LECOMTE Académie française. www.academie-francaise.fr.
- 4.Jacques Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris, Éditions de Minuit, septième édition, 1963, (« L-Z »), « Rue du Ranelagh », .
- 5.Archives de Paris , acte de décès , année 1958 (vue 12/31)
- 6.M. GEORGES LECOMTE EST MORT. Le Monde.fr. 1958-08-29. 2024-04-04.
- 7.Les dreyfusards sous l'Occupation. Albin Michel. 2001. 978-2-226-12225-4.
- 8.« Notice de l'Académie française ».
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Thilda Harlor, Georges Lecomte, Privas, 1935, biographie.
- Edmond Pilon, Georges Lecomte, Mercure de France, ; texte sur wikisource.
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Formation and teaching. Lecomte studied at Lycée Lamartine. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Recorded positions include perpetual secretary of the French Academy, member of the Académie française and president of the Société des gens de lettres. He belonged to Académie Française. Recorded as writer, playwright, journalist, head teacher and critic. Recorded at birth as Georges Charles Lecomte. Works and catalogued output.
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La vie amoureuse de Danton
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