Robert Francis, pen name for Jean Godmé, (1909–1946) was a French writer, winner of the 1934 edition of the

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Biography

Robert Francis was

Jean-Pierre Maxence Jean-Pierre Maxence (20 August 1906 – 16 May 1956) was a French writer who was one of the so-called Non-conformists of the 1930s. Maxence was a leading figure within the so-called ''Jeune Droite'' tendency and was associated with other Catholic w ...

's brother, the pseudonym of Pierre Godmé. After studying science, he occupied a post of civil engineer in the North of France in the 1930s. At the same time, he devoted himself to letters and founded with his brother in 1928 a literary magazine, ''Les Cahiers'', which disappeared in 1931. Robert Francis belonged to the middle of the ''jeune droite catholique des années 1930'' ("Young Catholic Right of the 1930s").Nicolas Kessler, Jean-Louis Loubet del Bayle, ''Histoire politique de la jeune droite (1929-1949)'',

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, 2001 A friend of

Thierry Maulnier Thierry Maulnier (born Jacques Talagrand; 1 October 1909, Alès – 9 January 1988, Marnes-la-Coquette) was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic. He was married to theatre director Marcelle Tassencourt. Early years A ...

, he wrote with him and his brother a work which had a certain success on its release: ''Demain la France'' ("Tomorrow France") which was a charge against the regime of the moment, written on the morrow of the

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Work

; Histoire d'une famille sous la Troisième République (suite romanesque) : *1933: (I) - ''La Grange aux trois belles'', Paris, Librairie de la Revue française, Alexis Redier éd. *1934: (II) - ''La Chute de la maison de verre - La maison de verre'', Librairie de la Revue française, Alexis Redier éd. *1934: (III) - ''La Chute de la maison de verre'' - ''Le Bateau-refuge'', Paris,

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- Prix Fémina 1934 *1935: (IV) - ''Les Mariés de Paris'', Gallimard *1937: (V) - ''Le Gardien d’épaves'', Gallimard ; Other publications : *1934: ''Demain la France'', Paris,

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, 1934, cowritten with Jean-Pierre Maxence and Thierry Maulnier *1936: ''Une vie d'enfant'', Gallimard, (his first essay fiction, previously published in review) *1937: ''Un an de vacances'', Gallimard *1938: ''La Jeune Fille secrète'', Gallimard *1939: ''L'Oie'', Gallimard *1941: ''Souvenirs imaginaires'', Gallimard *1941: ''Histoire sainte'' (tales), Gallimard

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