Louis Chauvet (27 July 1906 in

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– 18 April 1981 in

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Biography

The son of the regionalist historian Horace Chauvet, Louis Chauvet became a journalist at '' Temps'', ', and ''

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'' where he mainly worked in the film department. In this capacity he was the president of the International Federation of the Film Press.Notice d'autorité de Louis Chauvet
on the site of the

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. Also a novelist, he was awarded the 1953

Prix Interallié The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as ''l'Interallié'', is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist. History The prize was started on 3 December 1930 by about thirty or so journal ...

published by Fammarion for ''L'Air sur la quatrième corde''.

Works

* 1977
''L'Été d'osseja''
la Pensée Universelle,

Prix Broquette-Gonin The prix Broquette-Gonin was a former prize awarded by the Académie française. It rewarded four disciplines: history, literature, philosophy and poetry. A separate prize was awarded by subject. Prix Broquette-Gonin (history) The prix Broque ...

(literature) * 1965: ''La "poïétique" de Paul Valéry'' * 1961: ''Le Cinéma à travers le monde'' (essai) cowritten with

Jean Fayard Jean Fayard (1902 in Paris – 1978) was a French writer and journalist, winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1931. Fayard was also director of the Editions Fayard. Jean Fayard was the grandson of the founder of Fayard. At the death of his father, Jos ...

and Pierre Mazars * 1956: ''La Petite Acrobate de l'Helvétia'' * 1953: ''L'Air sur la quatrième corde'' —

* 1950: ''Le porte-plume et la camera'' * 1949: ''Furieusement tendre'' * 1928: ''Les Sports et le droit pénal. Discours prononcé à la séance solennelle de réouverture de la Conférence des avocats stagiaires, le 14 janvier 1928''

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Louis Chauvet
on the site of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

Louis Chauvet, Critique des Mouches et défense de Zeus
on Openédition books {{DEFAULTSORT:Chauvet, Louis 20th-century French writers 20th-century French male writers 20th-century French journalists Prix Interallié winners People from Perpignan Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) 1906 births 1981 deaths French male non-fiction writers Le Figaro people