Francis Ambrière (27 September 1907 – 1 July 1998) was a French author who was selected for the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

in 1940, for his book ''Les Grandes Vacances''; the prize was awarded in 1946 because of World War II. He was born in

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Biography

Francis Ambriere has been recognised for his novel '' Les Grandes Vacances'', which chronicles the lives of French

prisoners of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold priso ...

in 1940. He was the author of several ''Guides bleus'' for example in Paris in 1949, and then Greece in 1957, or on Italy published in 1960.

Works

* ''Joachim du Bellay'', Firmin-Didot et cie, 1930 * ''Estaunié'', John Charpentier, Francis Ambrière, Firmin-Didot et cie, 1932 * '' Les grandes vacances, 1939-1945'', Les Éditions de la nouvelle France, 1946, (reprint Éditions du Seuil, 1956) ** ''The long holiday'' Translator Elaine P. Halperin, Publisher Ziff-Davis Pub. Co., 1948 * ''Le solitaire de la Cervara'', V. Attinger, 1947 * ''The exiled'', Staples Press, 1951 * ''Le Maroc'', Les Documents d'art, 1952 * ''Théâtre et collectivité'', Flammarion, 1953 * ''Le Siecle des Valmore'', Seuil, 1987 * ''Mademoiselle Mars et Marie Dorval: au théâtre et dans la vie'', Seuil, 1992 * ''Talma, ou l'histoire au théâtre'', Madeleine Ambrière, Francis Ambrière, Éditions de Fallois, 2007,

References

1907 births 1998 deaths Writers from Paris Prix Goncourt winners 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers French male novelists {{France-novelist-20thC-stub