Francis Ambrière
Francis Ambrière (born September 27, 1907 in Paris , † July 1, 1998 ) was a French writer and Romanist .
life and work
Ambrière went to school in Dijon and studied at the University of Dijon . From 1935 to 1939 he worked for the magazine Les Nouvelles littéraires . He processed his experiences in German captivity into the novel Les Grandes Vacances 1939-1945 , which received the Prix Goncourt of 1940 in 1946 . From 1946 to 1972 he was editor of the Guide bleus series (German Die Blauen Führer ) at Verlag Hachette .
Ambrière was a connoisseur of French theater history. In 1989 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques . He was an officer in the Legion of Honor .
Francis Ambrière was married to the Romance literary scholar Madeleine Ambrière-Fargeaud.
Works (selection)
As an author
- Biographies
- Joachim du Bellay . 8th edition Firmin-Didot, Paris 1930 (EA Paris 1930).
- Le favori de François Ier . Gouffier de Bonnivet , amiral de France; Chronique des années 1489–1525 (Le rayon d'histoire). Hachette, Paris 1947 (EA Paris 1936).
- Le Siècle des Valmore. Marceline Desbordes-Valmore et les siens . Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1987 (2 vol.)
- 1786-1840 . 1987.
- 1840-1892 . 1987.
- Mademoiselle Mars and Marie Dorval . Au théâtre et dans la vie . Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-02-015963-5 .
- Talma or L'histoire au théâtre . Édition de Fallois, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-87706-638-9 (together with Madeleine Ambrière)
- Poems
- Parmi les fleurs et la lumière . Éditions du Fleuve, Lyon 1926
- Novels
- Le Solitaire de la Cervara . Paris 1946.
- Non-fiction
- La Vie secrète des grands magasins. Aspects you temps present . Édition Œuvre Françaises, Paris 1938 (EA Paris 1932).
- La galerie dramatique, 1945–1948. Le théâtre français depuis la libération . Corrêa, Paris 1949.
- Le Maroc (Escale du monde; vol. 4). Les Document d'Art, Monaco 1952.
As editor
- Gustave Flaubert : Madame Bovary . Salammbô . L'Éducation sentimentale . La tentation de saint Antoine . Trois contes. Bouvard et Pécuchet . Correspondance . Brodard & Taupin, Paris 1937 (only in excerpts)
- Les plus belles lettres de Alfred de Vigny . Calman-Lévy, Paris 1963.
literature
- Nath Imbert (Ed.): Dictionnaire national des contemporains, Vol. 3 . Lajeunesse, Paris 1939 (with picture)
- Béatrice and Michel Wattel: Qui était qui. XXe siècle. Dictionnaire biographique des Français disparus ayant marqué le XXe siècle . 2nd edition Editions Lafitte, Levallois-Perret 2005, ISBN 2-85784-044-6 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Francis Ambrière in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Francis Ambrière in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ambrière, Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author and Romanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1998 |