Maurice Genevoix

Maurice Genevoix ( born November 29, 1890 in Decize ( Nièvre), † September 8, 1980 in Alicante, Spain) was a French writer.

Life

After his schooling at the Gymnasium Pothier in Orléans, he was given access to study at the École Normale Supérieure, the French elite high school for teachers in secondary school and university level. At the beginning of World War Maurice Genevoix was drafted and seriously wounded in Éparges (Meuse ) on 25 April 1915.

The processed in 14 of his works wartime experiences and reflections on his time as a soldier based on made ​​in the field notes and appear true and righteous. He devoted the other part of his oeuvre the landscapes, animals and people of the Loire region, where he had his roots. He also published stories of his stays in Canada (especially in the region of the Rocky Mountains ) and in Africa.

His residence in the commune of Saint -Denis -de- l'Hôtel, which he had purchased in 1929, is still owned by the family. Not far away was converted to the church an old vineyard house into a museum, stay alive in the life and work of Maurice Genevoix.

1925 Genevoix winner of the Goncourt Prize for the novel Raboliot, published by Grasset. In 1946 he was elected a member of the Académie française and was from 1950 to 1960 in the first Committee of the SPAF Société des Artistes et poètes de France ( society of poets and artists in France) operates.