Francis Ambrière

Ambrière Francis ( born September 27, 1907 in Paris, † 1 July 1998) was a French writer and linguist.

Life and work

Ambrière went to school and studied at the University of Dijon. From 1935 to 1939 he was a staff member of the magazine Les Nouvelles littéraires. His experiences in German prisoner of war he worked on the novel Les Grandes Vacances 1939-1945, in 1946 the Prix Goncourt in 1940 received. From 1946 to 1972 he was the editor of the series Hachette Guide bleus ( The German Blue Guide ).

Ambrière was a connoisseur of French theater history. In 1989 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. He was an officer of the Legion of Honour.

Francis Ambrière was married to the Romanist literary scholar Madeleine Ambrière - Fargeaud.

Works (selection)

As author

• Joachim du Bellay. 8th ed Firmin- Didot, Paris 1930 ( EA Paris 1930).
• Le favori de François Ier. Gouffier de Bonnivet, amiral de France; Chronique des années 1489-1525 ( Le rayon d' histoire ). Hachette, Paris, 1947 ( EA, Paris, 1936 ).
• Le Siècle des Valmore. Marceline Desbordes - Valmore et les Persia. Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1987 ( 2 vols )

• Mademoiselle Mars et Marie Dorval. Au théâtre et dans la vie. Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-02-015963-5.
• Talma ou L' histoire au théâtre. Édition de Fallois, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-87706-638-9 (along with Madeleine Ambrière )

• Parmi les fleurs et la lumière. Éditions du Fleuve, Lyon 1926

• Le Solitaire de la Cervara. Paris 1946.

• La Vie des grands magasins secrète. Aspects du temps présent. Édition oeuvre Françaises, Paris 1938 ( EA Paris 1932).
• La galerie dramatique, 1945-1948. Le théâtre français depuis la libération. Corrêa, Paris 1949.
• Le Maroc ( Escale du monde; Vol. 4). Les Document d'Art, Monaco 1952.

As editor

• Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary. Salammbô. L' Éducation sentimentale. La Tentation de saint Antoine. Trois contes. Bouvard et Pécuchet. Correspondance. Brodard & Taupin, Paris in 1937 ( only in part )
• Les plus belles lettres de Alfred de Vigny. Calman - Lévy, Paris 1963.