Léon Frapié
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Léon Eugène Frapié was a French novelist.
He first contributed to magazines and newspapers, then a few novels.
He is most known for the 1904 Prix Goncourt
winning novel La Maternelle
. It is a moving picture of disillusioned manners of children in poor neighborhood schools. It was successfully adapted to film in 1933 as La Maternelle
and in 1935 was ranked among the best foreign language films by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
. In general, his work is connected with the tradition of the realistic novel
.
He first contributed to magazines and newspapers, then a few novels.
He is most known for the 1904 Prix Goncourt
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"...
winning novel La Maternelle
La Maternelle
La Maternelle is a Prix Goncourt winning novel by French author Léon Frapié. It was adapted to film as La Maternelle...
. It is a moving picture of disillusioned manners of children in poor neighborhood schools. It was successfully adapted to film in 1933 as La Maternelle
La Maternelle (film)
La Maternelle is a 1933 French film directed and written by Jean Benoit-Lévy and Marie Epstein. It was adapted from Léon Frapié's Prix Goncourt winning novel La Maternelle...
and in 1935 was ranked among the best foreign language films by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr.'s revocation of moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. The mayor believed that the new medium...
. In general, his work is connected with the tradition of the realistic novel
Literary realism
Literary realism most often refers to the trend, beginning with certain works of nineteenth-century French literature and extending to late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors in various countries, towards depictions of contemporary life and society "as they were." In the spirit of...
.
Works
- L’Institutrice de province (1897)
- Marcelin Gayard (1902)
- La MaternelleLa MaternelleLa Maternelle is a Prix Goncourt winning novel by French author Léon Frapié. It was adapted to film as La Maternelle...
(prix GoncourtPrix GoncourtThe 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"...
1904; film La MaternelleLa Maternelle (film)La Maternelle is a 1933 French film directed and written by Jean Benoit-Lévy and Marie Epstein. It was adapted from Léon Frapié's Prix Goncourt winning novel La Maternelle...
1933) - Les Obsédés (1904)
- L’Écolière (1905), recueil de contes
- La Boîte aux Gosses (1907)
- La Figurante (1908)
- Les Contes de la maternelle (1910)
- Les Contes de la guerre (1915)
- Les Bonnes Gens (1918)
- Nouveaux Contes de la maternelle (1919)
- Les Amies de Juliette (1922)
- Les Filles à marier (1923)
- La Divinisée (1927)
- Gamins de Paris – Librairie Baudinière
- Les contes de Paris – Librairie Baudinière