Émile Moselly (real name: Émile Chenin; 12 August 1870 – 2 October 1918) was a French

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Biography

Moselly was born in

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. He graduated with an Associate of Arts degree in the exams of 1895 (he was then 25 years old). He taught at

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, Orleans, in Paris ( Lycée Voltaire) and

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( Lycée Pasteur). He appeared with

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, among the first authors of the ''Cahiers de la Quinzaine'' (founded in 1901 by Peguy). He was a regionalist author, deeply rooted in rural

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where he is often in the paternal home of Chaudeney-sur-Moselle (Canton of

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). He received the

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in 1907 for ''Le Rouet d'Ivoire''. He died suddenly (heart attack) between Lorient and Quimper, in Chaudeney-sur-Moselle on 2 October 1918 in the Quimper-Paris train, back from holidays spent at

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. His archives (manuscripts, corrected proofs) were given in 2007 by his family to the city of Nancy; they are deposited at

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.André Markiewicz, dir., Achats et dons : Quinze années d'enrichissement des collections de la Bibliothèque municipale (1993-2008), Ville de Nancy, Nancy, 2009, 48 p., p. 42 .

Works

* ''L'Aube fraternelle,'' * ''Contes de guerre pour Jean-Pierre,'' * ''Les Etudiants,'' * ''Fils de gueux,'' * ''Les Grenouilles dans la mare,'' * ''La Houle,'' * ''Jean des Brebis ou le livre de la misère,'' * ''Joson Meunier : histoire d'un paysan lorrain,'' * ''Le Journal de Gottfried Mauser ,'' * ''Le Rouet d'ivoire : enfances lorraines ,'' * ''Terres lorraines.'' * ''La Charrue d'Érable.''

References

External links

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La Bibliothèque Municipale Nancy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moselly, Emile 1870 births 1918 deaths Novelists from Paris Prix Goncourt winners Lycée Pasteur (Neuilly-sur-Seine) alumni French male writers Lycée Voltaire (Paris) teachers