Henri Pourrat
Henri Pourrat ( born May 7, 1887 in Ambert, Puy-de -Dôme, France, † July 16, 1957 ) was a French writer.
In his novels he treated the mythical excessive nature. Particularly well known he was by Le trésor of contes ( 13 volumes, 1948-1962 ), a collection of fables, legends and oral traditions from the Auvergne.
In 1941 he received the Prix Goncourt for his novel Le vent de mars.
Works (selection)
- Les vaillances, farces et gentil lesses de Gaspard of montagnes ( 4 volumes, 1922-1931 )
- L' homme à la bêche, Histoire du Paysan (1940 )
- Le vent de mars (1941 )
- Le chasseur de la nuit ( 1951)
- Le temps qu'il fait, almanac ( ed. 1960)