Félicien Marceau (16 September 1913 – 7 March 2012) was a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. His real name was Louis Carette. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, which in turn was close to the monarchist movement . He was born in

Kortenberg Kortenberg (; ) is a Belgium, Belgian municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant, about halfway between the cities of Brussels and Leuven. The municipality comprises the subdivisions or ...

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. Marceau received the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...

for his book '' Creezy'' () in 1969. On 27 November 1975 he was elected to the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, succeeding

Marcel Achard Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...

. In 1974, Goudji created the academician's sword for Félicien Marceau.

Bibliography

*1948 ', novel () *1949 ', essay () *1951 ', novel () *1951 ', novel (Gallimard ) *1952 ', novel () *1953 ', stories (Calmann-Lévy) *1953 ', one-act play (Fayard) *1953 ', novel () *1954 ', three-act play () () *1955 ', essay () *1955 ', novel () *1957 ', stories () *1957 ', two part play () () *1959 ', two-act play () () *1960 ', one-act play () *1960 ', two-act play () *1962 ', two-act play () *1964 ', two-act play () *1965 ', two-act play () *1967 ', play (Denoël) *1967 ', two-act play *1968 ', mémoires (Gallimard ) *1969 ', two-act play () *1969 ', novel () *1971 Preface to Blazac's ''Le Père Goriot'' () *1972 ', two-act play (Gallimard ) *1972 ', five-act play () *1975 ', novel () *1975 ', two-act play (L’Avant-Scène) *1977 ', essay () *1977 ' () *1978 '', play after the adaption of Giorgio Strehler'' () *1979 ', two-act play () *1983 ', essay () *1984 ', novel (Gallimard ) *1985 ' (La Différence) *1987 ', novel () *1989 ', novel (Gallimard ) *1992 '', stories'' (Gallimard ) *1993 ' () *1994 ' (Les Belles-Lettres) *1997 ', novel () *1998 ', fables () *1998 '', interviews with Charles Dantzig'' () *2000 ', novel () *2002 ' ()

Filmography

*'' Three Girls in Paris'', directed by

Gabriel Axel Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch better known as Gabriel Axel (18 April 1918 – 9 February 2014) Ronald Berganbr>Obituary: Gabriel Axel ''The Guardian'', 10 February 2014 was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for ''Bab ...

(1963, based on the short story ''Trois de perdues'') *''La Bonne Soupe'', directed by Robert Thomas (1964, based on the play ''La Bonne Soupe'') *''L'Œuf'', directed by

Jean Herman Jean Vautrin (; 17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic. Life and career After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Institut des hautes études cinématographiq ...

(1972, based on the play ''L'Œuf'') *'' Creezy'', directed by

Pierre Granier-Deferre Pierre Granier-Deferre (2 July 1927 – 16 November 2007) was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1971 film ''Le Chat'' (The Cat) won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. His 19 ...

(1974, based on the novel '' Creezy'') *'' Body of My Enemy'', directed by Henri Verneuil (1976, based on the novel ''Le Corps de mon ennemi'')

Screenwriter

*'' The Three Thieves'', directed by

Lionello De Felice Lionello De Felice (9 September 1916 – 14 December 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Life and career Born in Montoro Inferiore, De Felice was the son of a lawyer and a Baroness. After spending several years in Naples, he m ...

(1954) *''

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'',

anthology film An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film or a portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of three or more shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise ...

, episode: "L'Enfance", directed by

Henri Decoin Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...

(1960) *'' The Seven Deadly Sins'',

, 2 episodes: "L'Orgueil", directed by

Roger Vadim Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director, and producer, as well as an author, artist, and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, s ...

, and "L'Avarice", directed by

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...

(1962) *'' Une blonde comme ça'', directed by Jean Jabely (1962)

References

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