Gabriel Faure (writer) explained

Gabriel Faure (writer) should not be confused with Gabriel Fauré.

Gabriel Faure
Birth Date:15 May 1877
Birth Place:Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France
Occupation: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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gabriel Faure (1877-1962). Bibliothèque nationale de France. 11 June 2016.
  2. Book: 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.. 459498990.
  3. H.M.. Reviewed Work: Le Visage de l'Italie by Gabriel Faure Review by: H. M.. The Journal of Roman Studies. 1936. 26. 1. 140. 10.2307/296762. 296762.
  4. Poupault. Christophe. Jeanne de Flandreysy, le palais du Roure, la Provence et l'Italie fasciste. Cahiers de la Mediterranee. 2014. 88. 88. 37–51. 10.4000/cdlm.7384.
  5. Web site: Gabriel FAURE. Académie française. 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. Web site: Lycée Gabriel Faure. Académie de Grenoble. 14 June 2016.

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