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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.

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

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. "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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