Joseph de Pesquidoux

Pierre Marie Joseph Édouard Dubosc, Comte de Pesquidoux ( born December 13, 1869 in Savigny- lès -Beaune, † March 17, 1946 in Le Houga ) was a French writer and member of the Académie française.

Life

Joseph de Pesquidoux in 1869 as the son of the writer Léonce Dubosc de Pesquidoux ( 1829-1900 ) and Olga de Beuverand de La Loyère born. After completing school made ​​Pesquidoux his Militördienst the 9th Cavalry Regiment in Auch. After he had been promoted to Maréchal -des- logis, his father asked him to return to take over the family estate Château de Pesquidoux. This also influenced his literary work: Pesquidoux dealt before allemmit rural life.

He married in 1896 Thérèse d' Acher de Montgascon ( 1875-1961 ), a diplomat's daughter, with whom he had several children. During the German occupation of France Pesquidoux was a member of the National Council of the Vichy regime.

Honors and Awards

Pesquidoux was an officer of the Legion of Honor and received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918. In 1927 he was awarded the " Grand prix de littérature " of the Académie Française, whose member he was in 1936. In 1938 he was also floraux member of the Académie des Jeux. From 1937 to 1945 he was president of the Archaeological Society of the Gers department.

Work

  • Premiers vers. Alphonse Lemerre, Paris, 1896
  • Salomé. Impr de Merckel, Paris, 1898
  • Ramsès. 1900
  • Le Sang fatal. Impr Merckel, Paris, 1910
  • Chez nous - Travaux et jeux rustiques. Plon, Paris, 1921
  • Sur la Glèbe. Plon, Paris, 1922
  • Le Livre de raison. 3 volumes, Plon- Nourrit et Cie, Paris, 1925-1932
  • Caumont, duc de La Force. F. Alcan, Paris, 1931
  • L' Église et la Terre. Flammarion, Paris, 1935
  • La Harde. Plon, Paris, 1936
  • L' Armagnac. A. Bousquet, Condom, 1937
  • Gascony. Liège, Paris, 1939
  • Un Petit Univers. Plon, Paris, 1940
  • Sol de France. Plon, Paris, 1942
  • Pour La terre. Éditions du Clocher, Toulouse, 1942
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