François de Roux (7 March 1897 – 17 July 1954) was a French writer, winner of the 1935

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Life

Born in

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, de Roux married Odette Magne. A friend of Jean Paulhan and

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, he began his literary career in 1924 at the age of 27. From 1924 to 1935, he contributed to ''

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'' with articles on

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, Jacques de Lacretelle,

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, etc. In 1935 he published ' at

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for which he obtained the

on 5 December 1935. On 15 December 1935, at a dinner at Drouant's house gathering the ten winners of the Renaudot Prize since 1926 ( Charles Braibant,

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...), de Roux put forward the idea of publishing a collection of ten short stories by the winners, presented by each of the jurors. It was adopted. The volume was published in the following year. For ''Brune'', it narrowly missed the 1938

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, defeated in the fifth round by ' by

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thanks to the double vote of the president of the jury, J.-H. Rosny aîné.''Du côté de chez Drouant : Le Goncourt de 1922 à 1949''
program by Pierre Assouline on

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3 August 2013. The

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succeeded in attracting François de Roux with ''Amours perdues'' in 1942 and ''L'Ombrageuse'' (in 1942 too). De Roux died in Paris at age 57.Notice autorité de la BnF
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Work

* 1935: ' —

* 1938: ''Bru'': ''Amours perdues'' * 1945: ''L'Ombrageuse'' * 1950: ''Les Absentes'' * 1952: ''La Jeunesse de Lyautey''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Francois de 20th-century French non-fiction writers Prix Renaudot winners writers from Aix-en-Provence 1897 births 1954 deaths