Joseph de Pesquidoux

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Pierre Édouard Marie Joseph Dubosc, Comte de Pesquidoux (born December 13, 1869 in Savigny-lès-Beaune , † March 17, 1946 in Le Houga ) was a French writer and member of the Académie française .

Life

Joseph de Pesquidoux was born in 1869 as the son of the writer Léonce Dubosc de Pesquidoux (1829-1900) and Olga de Beuverand de La Loyère. After attending school, Pesquidoux did his military service with the 9th Cavalry Regiment in Auch . After he had been promoted to Maréchal-des-logis , his father asked him to return to take over the family estate of Château de Pesquidoux. This also influenced his literary work: Pesquidoux was mainly concerned with rural life.

In 1896 he married Thérèse d'Acher de Montgascon (1875–1961), a diplomat's daughter, with whom he had several children. During the German occupation of France, Pesquidoux was a member of the National Council of the Vichy regime .

honors and awards

Pesquidoux was an officer in the Legion of Honor and received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 . In 1927 he received the "Grand prix de littérature" from the Académie française , of which he became a member in 1936. In 1938 he also became a member of the Académie des Jeux floraux . From 1937 to 1945 he was President of the Archaeological Society of the Département Gers .

plant

  • Premiers vers . Alphonse Lemerre, Paris, 1896
  • Salomé . Impr. De Merckel, Paris, 1898
  • Ramsès . 1900
  • Le Sang fatal . Impr. Merckel, Paris, 1910
  • Chez nous - Travaux et jeux rustiques . 2 volumes, Plon, Paris, 1921 and 1923
  • Sur la glèbe . Plon, Paris, 1922
  • Le livre de raison . 3 volumes, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Paris, 1925–1932
  • Caumont, duc de La Force . F. Alcan, Paris, 1931
  • L'Église et la Terre . Flammarion, Paris, 1935
  • La Harde . Plon, Paris, 1936
  • L'Armagnac . A. Bousquet, Condom, 1937
  • Gascony . Liège, Paris, 1939
  • Un Petit Univers . Plon, Paris, 1940
  • Sol de France . Plon, Paris, 1942
  • Pour la terre . Éditions du Clocher, Toulouse, 1942

literature

  • Club Wingrove Knight: Le regionalisme dans l'oeuvre Joseph de Pesquidoux . Université de Paris (Sorbonne), 1968

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personal data
SURNAME Pesquidoux, Joseph de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pesquidoux, Pierre Édouard Marie Joseph Dubosc, Comte de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Savigny-lès-Beaune
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1946
Place of death Le Houga