André Corthis, ''née'' Andrée Magdeleine Husson (15 April 1882 – 8 August 1952) was a 20th-century French writer. She received the

prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works writte ...

in 1906. Andrée Husson is the niece of painter

Rodolphe Julian Pierre Louis Rodolphe Julian (13 June 1839 – 2 February 1907) born in Lapalud southeastern France was a French painter, etcher and professor, founder and director of the Académie Julian in Paris. The writer André Corthis (1882–1952), winner ...

Biography

Andrée Husson spent part of her youth in Spain, a country she often evoked. At the age of twelve, she began to line up rhymes and compose poems. In June 1906, totally unknown at 21, she published her first volume of verse: ''Gemmes et Moires''. Six months later, all the illustrated magazines published her portrait and all the newspapers printed her name. She has just received a literary prize, the

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works writte ...

, awarded annually by the female jury of the great social magazine of the time: ' and the sum of 5000 francs. She did not hide the influence of her masters:

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, and overall

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. Andrée Husson married Raymond Lécuyer. She inherited the Académie Julian, the art gallery created in 1868 by her uncle, the painter

. After being closed during the war of 1939-1945, the Académie Julian was sold by Andrée Husson to Cécile Beldent and (1908–2010) to again be opened on Saturday 12 October 1946. Her work ''L'Espagne de la victoire'' was an ode to

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Selected work

*1906: ''Gemmes et Moires'', collection of poetry, —

*1908: ''Mademoiselle Arguillis'' (Fasquelle) *1910: ''Le Pauvre Amour de Doña Balbine'' (Fasquelle) *1914: ''Le Pardon prématuré'' (Fasquelle) *1917: ''Petites Vies dans la tourmente'' (Éditions

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) *1919: ''Pour moi seule'', novel,

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, coll. "Le Roman littéraire" —

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*1920: ''Sa vraie femme'' (Fasquelle) *1920: ''La Marâtre'', Albin Michel *1921: ''L'Obsédé'', Albin Michel *1923: ''L'Entraîneuse'', novel, Albin Michel *1925: ''Le Pardon prématuré'', Joseph-Arthème

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, Collection : Le Livre de demain ; 9 *1926: ''Victime expiatoire'', novel, Arthème Fayard et Cie ; coll. "Le Livre de demain" ; 41 *1927: ''Tourmentes'' (Fayard - Le Livre de Demain) *1928: ''Les Rameaux rouges'', Éditions Hachette, coll. "

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" *1928: ''Passion'',

et Cie éditeurs *1928: ''La Danseuse impassible'' (Les Éditions des portiques) *1929: ''La Fiancée perdue'' (A. Fayard et Cie) *1930: ''Pèlerinages en Espagne : Saint-Jacques de Compostelle, Salamanque, Tolède, Saragosse'' (Fasquelle) *1930: ''La Nuit incertaine'' (Bibliothèque-Charpentier, Fasquelle éditeurs) *1931: ''Soledad'', novel (Albin Michel) *1932: ''Appel de flammes'', novel (Albin Michel) *1934: ''Le Printemps sous l'orage'', novel, Arthème Fayard et Cie *1935: ''Le Merveilleux Retour'' (Albin Michel) *1936: ''Du couvent aux Cortès'' (Arthème Fayard) *1936: ''Le Cœur forcé'',

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, coll. "La Renaissance de la nouvelle" *1937: ''La Chouette écartelée'', Arthème Fayard *1938: ''Révoltées'' (Les Éditions de France) *1938: ''Masques'', A. Fayard *1939: ''Cris dans le ciel'', A. Fayard *1941: ''Destinées'', A. Fayard *1941: ''L'Espagne de la victoire'', A. Fayard *1944: ''L'Otage'', A. Fayard *1945: ''Séverine'', A. Fayard *1946: ''Lettres anonymes, A. Fayard *1949: ''Le Mystère des Trois-Gours'', A. Fayard *1951: ''La Mesure d'aimer'', A. Fayard

References

External links

André Corthis
on Babelio
André Corthis
on the site of the Académie française
Some poems by André Corthis

V. ANDRÉ CORTHIS
on '' Revue des deux mondes'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Corthis, Andre 20th-century French non-fiction writers Prix Femina winners Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners Writers from Paris 1882 births 1952 deaths 20th-century French women writers