Claude Seignolle
Encyclopedia
Claude Seignolle was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'.
Claude Seignolle was born in Perigueux
in 1917. At the age of twelve his family moved to Chatenay-Malabry
and he went to school in Lakanal at Sceaux
where his history teacher encouraged his interests in archaeology. He was expelled from this school for absenteeism.
He later joined the French Prehistoric Society, where he met the renowned folklorist Arnold Van Gennep
. With his brother Jacques, Claude toured Hurepoix
for two years collecting folklore and legends, and in 1937 he co-wrote with his brother The Folklore of Hurepoix, which was praised by Pierre Mac Orlan
and Blaise Cendrars
.
In 1945 he published his first novel Le Rond des sorciers.
He lives in the liberation St. Montaine, still in Sologne
, where he collected local folklore and stories that inspired several of his books. He is today considered one of the best French fantasists.
In November 2008 he received the Prix Alfred Verdaguer from the French Academy.
A literary prize bearing his name recognizes the works relating to French folklore. It is awarded annually since 2004, in Epinal, at the Festival Imaginales.
Claude Seignolle was born in Perigueux
Périgueux
Périgueux is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.Périgueux is the prefecture of the department and the capital of the region...
in 1917. At the age of twelve his family moved to Chatenay-Malabry
Châtenay-Malabry
Châtenay-Malabry is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km from the center of Paris.The commune includes the valley la vallée aux loups with green forests and pretty houses including the estate of French writer Chateaubriand. It also includes the Butte...
and he went to school in Lakanal at Sceaux
Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine
Sceaux is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Wealth:Sceaux is famous for the Château of Sceaux, set in its large park , designed by André Le Nôtre, measuring...
where his history teacher encouraged his interests in archaeology. He was expelled from this school for absenteeism.
He later joined the French Prehistoric Society, where he met the renowned folklorist Arnold Van Gennep
Arnold van Gennep
Arnold van Gennep was a noted French ethnographer and folklorist.-Biography:He was born in Ludwigsburg, Kingdom of Württemberg...
. With his brother Jacques, Claude toured Hurepoix
Hurepoix
Hurepoix is an area of Île de France, in south west of Paris, localised nowadays between départements of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne, it was an old province of the French Kingdom...
for two years collecting folklore and legends, and in 1937 he co-wrote with his brother The Folklore of Hurepoix, which was praised by Pierre Mac Orlan
Pierre Mac Orlan
Pierre Mac Orlan, sometimes written MacOrlan, was a French novelist and songwriter.His novel Quai des Brumes was the source for Marcel Carné's 1938 film of the same name, starring Jean Gabin...
and Blaise Cendrars
Blaise Cendrars
Frédéric Louis Sauser , better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss novelist and poet naturalized French in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the modernist movement.-Early years:...
.
In 1945 he published his first novel Le Rond des sorciers.
He lives in the liberation St. Montaine, still in Sologne
Sologne
Sologne , a region of north-central France extending over portions of the départements of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Cher...
, where he collected local folklore and stories that inspired several of his books. He is today considered one of the best French fantasists.
In November 2008 he received the Prix Alfred Verdaguer from the French Academy.
A literary prize bearing his name recognizes the works relating to French folklore. It is awarded annually since 2004, in Epinal, at the Festival Imaginales.
External links
- Claude Seignolle, 70 ans de couvertures, official author site