The ''Groupe de Barbezieux'' (Barbezieux Group) were French writers from three Charentais families, Fauconnier, Boutelleau and Delamain, who were childhood friends in the town of Barbezieux, in the

Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, an ...

'' département'', France.Maxime Pilon, Danièle Weiler, ''The French in Singapore: An Illustrated History'' p.85 Although the ''école de Barbezieux'' (school of Barbezieux) is often mentioned, they did not necessarily share the same outlook. Fauconnier family : *

Henri Fauconnier Henri Fauconnier (26 February 1879 – 14 April 1973) was a French writer, known mainly for his novel ''Malaisie'', which won the Prix Goncourt in 1930. He was part of the Groupe de Barbezieux. Family Fauconnier was born at the Villa Muss ...

, prix Goncourt 1930 for the novel ''Malaisie'', and his sister *

Geneviève Fauconnier Geneviève Fauconnier ( Barbezieux, 3 January 1886 – Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac, 11 December 1969) was a French novelist who lived in the south of the Charente '' département'' (France). She was one of the most sensitive members of the so-calle ...

prix Fémina 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 written ...

1933 for the novel ''

Claude Claude may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...

''. Boutelleau : *Germaine Boutelleau (1876-1956), married Jacques Delamain, *Jacques Boutelleau (1884-1968), later took the name

Jacques Chardonne Jacques Chardonne (born ''Jacques Boutelleau''; 2 January 1884, in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente – 29 May 1968, in La Frette-sur-Seine) is the pseudonym of French writer Jacques Boutelleau. He was a member of the so-called Groupe de Barbe ...

. Delamain : *

Jacques Delamain Jacques Delamain (10 September 1874, Jarnac – 5 February 1953, Saint-Brice, Charente) was a French naturalist who specialised in ornithology. He was, from 1929, on the editorial committee of ' with its founder Paul Paris and Louis Lavauden, ...

, writer on ornithology, * Robert Delamain, * Maurice Delamain, co-director of

Éditions Stock Stock is a French publisher, a subsidiary of Hachette Livre, which itself is part of the Lagardère Group. It was founded in the 18th century by André Cailleau, who was succeeded in 1753 by Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne, who published Voltaire ...

with Jacques Chardonne from 1921 to 1959, One could add : *François Fontaine, son-in-law of Henri Fauconnier.

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