Gabriel Faure
Born15 May 1877
Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France
Died5 August 1962 (1962-08-06) (aged 85)
Occupation(s)Poet, novelist, essayist

Gabriel Faure (15 May 1877 – 5 August 1962) was a French poet, novelist and essayist. He was the author of many books about Italy, and the editor of a book prefaced by Benito Mussolini. He won five prizes from the Académie française.

Early life

Gabriel Faure was born on 15 May 1877 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, in the department of Ardèche, France.[1]

Career

Faure was the author of many poems, novels and essays.[1] An Italophile, he wrote many books about Italy, including Venice, Ventimiglia and Rome. In 1929, he edited a book about Italy entitled Le Visage de l'Italie prefaced by Benito Mussolini.[2] The book received a good review in The Journal of Roman Studies.[3] Additionally, Faure was the founder of the Comité France-Italie.[4]

Moreover, Faure wrote several books about French authors François-René de Chateaubriand, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Stendhal, Paul Valéry and Louis Le Cardonnel. He co-authored a book about Napoleon with Marcel Deléon.

Faure won five prizes from the Académie française: the Prix Montyon for Heures d'Ombrie in 1908; the Prix Jules Davaine for Sur la vie Emilia in 1911; the Prix Marcelin Guérin for Paysages littéraires in 1918; the Prix Alfred Née in 1930; and the Grand Prix de Littérature for the entirety of his work in 1941.[5]

He wrote in Italy some wrote, in particular he stayed several times in Breganze (Vicenza - Italy) guested to Marie Jsoard Savardo in 'Villa Savardo'.[6] There are some post cards he sent in 1924 and 1928 from Breganze to France.[7]

Death and legacy

Faure died on 5 August 1962.[1] The Lycée Gabriel Faure in Tournon was named in his honor.[8]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gabriel Faure (1877-1962)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  2. ^ Le Visage de l'Italie, publié sous la direction littéraire de Gabriel Faure. Préface de Benito Mussolini. - Paul Bourget, Henri de Régnier, Henry Bordeaux, Georges Goyau, Pierre de Nolhac, de l'Académie française ; Gérard d'Houville et Marcelle Vioux, Marcel Boulenger, Gabriel Faure, Paul Guiton, Ernest Lémonon, Eugène Marsan, Maurice Mignon, Ed. Schneider, J.-L. Vaudoyer. OCLC 459498990.
  3. ^ H.M. (1936). "Reviewed Work: Le Visage de l'Italie by Gabriel Faure Review by: H. M.". The Journal of Roman Studies. 26 (1): 140. doi:10.2307/296762. JSTOR 296762.
  4. ^ Poupault, Christophe (2014). "Jeanne de Flandreysy, le palais du Roure, la Provence et l'Italie fasciste". Cahiers de la Mediterranee. 88 (88): 37–51. doi:10.4000/cdlm.7384.
  5. ^ "Gabriel FAURE". Académie française. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  6. ^ AA.VV., Da Marano al Mondo, Schio, 2006
  7. ^ AA.VV., Saluti Da Breganze, cartoline, ed. Leoni, Fara Vic., 2020
  8. ^ "Lycée Gabriel Faure". Académie de Grenoble. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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