Francis Ambrière
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Francis Ambrière was a French author who was selected for the Prix Goncourt
in 1940, for his book Les Grandes Vacances; the prize was awarded in 1946 because of World War II.
, which chronicles the lives of French prisoners of war in 1940. It is also the author of several Guides bleus for example in Paris in 1949, and then Greece in 1957, or on Italy published in 1960.
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
in 1940, for his book Les Grandes Vacances; the prize was awarded in 1946 because of World War II.
Biography
Francis Ambriere has been recognized for his novel Les Grandes VacancesLes grandes vacances
Les grandes vacances is a French–Italian comedy movie from 1967, directed by Jean Girault, written by Jean Girault, and starring by Louis de Funès.- Plot :...
, which chronicles the lives of French prisoners of war in 1940. It is also the author of several Guides bleus for example in Paris in 1949, and then Greece in 1957, or on Italy published in 1960.
Works
- Joachim du Bellay, Firmin-Didot et cie, 1930
- Estaunié, John Charpentier, Francis Ambrière, Firmin-Didot et cie, 1932
- Les grandes vacances, 1939-1945Les grandes vacancesLes grandes vacances is a French–Italian comedy movie from 1967, directed by Jean Girault, written by Jean Girault, and starring by Louis de Funès.- Plot :...
, Les Éditions de la nouvelle France, 1946, (reprint Éditions du Seuil, 1956)- The long holiday Translator Elaine P. Halperin, Publisher Ziff-Davis Pub. Co., 1948
- Le solitaire de la Cervara, V. Attinger, 1947
- The exiled, Staples Press, 1951
- Le Maroc, Les Documents d'art, 1952
- Théâtre et collectivité, Flammarion, 1953
- Le Siecle des Valmore, Seuil, 1987
- Mademoiselle Mars et Marie Dorval: au théâtre et dans la vie, Seuil, 1992
- Talma, ou l'histoire au théâtre, Madeleine Ambrière, Francis Ambrière, Éditions de Fallois, 2007, ISBN 9782877066389