Agnès de La Gorce explained
| Agnès de La Gorce |
| Birth Name: | Agnès Marguerite Marie Charlotte de La Gorce |
| Birth Date: | 1895 8, df=y |
| Resting Place: | Cimetière de Verchocq |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | writer and historian |
| Father: | Pierre de La Gorce |
Agnès de La Gorce (February 8, 1895, Lille — July 7, 1976, Paris) was a French writer and historian.
Biography
Agnès de La Gorce is the daughter of the historian and academician Pierre de La Gorce, to whom she dedicated a work in 1948,[1] and of Marie Mailhard de la Couture; she is the aunt of the journalist and historian Paul-Marie de La Gorce.[2]
In 1959, after having been distinguished several times by the French Academy, she received the Gustave Le Mallais-Larivière prize for her works.[3]
She was a member of the Prix Femina jury from 1945 until her death in 1976.[4] [5]
Publications
- Robert Hugh Benson, prêtre et romancier, 1871-1914, Paris, Plon, 1928, 301 p. (Juteau-Duvigneaux award from the French Academy in 1929)
- Les douloureux débuts de Francis Thompson, 1931
- Un pauvre qui trouva la joie. Saint Benoît Labre, 1933
- Francis Thompson et les poètes catholiques d’Angleterre, Paris, Plon, 1933, 261 p. (Bordin award from the French Academy)
- Wesley, maître d'un peuple (1703-1791), 1940 (Eugène Carrière award from the French Academy in 1941)
- Saint Benoît Labre : le pèlerin de la joie, Paris, Éditions franciscaines, 1946 ; traduction en anglais : Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (trad. Rosemary Sheed), New York, 1952
- Une vocation d’historien : Pierre de La Gorce, Paris, Plon, 1948, 225 p.
- Camisards et dragons du Roi, Paris, Albin Michel, 1951, (Albéric-Rocheron award from the French Academy)
- Le vrai visage de Fénelon, Paris, Hachette, 1958
- Sainte Chantal, Tours, Mame, 1961, 97 p.
Notes and References
- News: 1948-04-09 . PIERRE DE LA GORCE de Mlle Agnès de la Gorce . 2024-02-08 . Le Monde.fr . fr.
- Book: Qui êtes-vous?: Annuaire des contemporains; notices biographiques . 1783 . C. Delagrave . fr.
- Web site: Agnès de LA GORCE - Académie française . 2024-02-08 . www.academie-francaise.fr.
- Book: Nels, Jacques . Fragments détachés de l'oubli . 1989-01-01 . FeniXX réédition numérique . 978-2-402-15528-1 . fr.
- Web site: Ducas . Sylvie . 2003 . Le prix Femina : la consécration littéraire au féminin Femina Prize : a Female Literary Recognition . 8 February 2024 . erudit.org.
