Raymonde Vincent (1908,

Luant Luant () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The writer Raymonde Vincent (1908–1985), winner of the Prix Femina in 1937 was born in Luant. Geography The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne. Popu ...

, Indre – 1985,

Saint-Chartier Saint-Chartier () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. The writer Raymonde Vincent (1908–1985), winner of the Prix Femina in 1937 died in Saint-Chartier. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The foll ...

, Indre) was a French woman of letters. She won the

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in 1937 for her novel '.

Biography

Originally from Berry, Raymonde Vincent was born near

Châteauroux Châteauroux (; ; oc, Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate ...

in a family of farmers. When her mother died, she held the house of her father, a métayer operating a farm belonging to a castle. Catechism aside, her instruction was neglected. At seventeen she left for Paris where she found a job in commerce. She met Albert Béguin (1901–1957), an academic who became a renowned essayist, critic and translator, whom she married in 1929. In a few years, Raymonde Vincent caught up the deficiency of her studies and took interest in painting, music and theater. However, it was the nostalgia of her peasant past that inspired her most outstanding work: ''Campagne'' for which the

was awarded to her in 1937.

Work

* 1937: ''Campagne'',

* 1939: ''Blanche'', Éditions Stock * 1943: ''Elisabeth'', Éditions Stock. * 1945: ''Seigneur, retirez-moi d'entre les morts'', Éditions Egloff. * 1950: ''Les noces du matin'',

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* 1962: ''La couronne des innocents'', Éditions du Seuil * 1977: ''Les Terres heureuses''

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* 1982: ''Le Temps d'apprendre à vivre'', Éditions de La bouinotte * 1991: ''Hélène'', series "Voyage immobile" Éditions Christian Pirot (posthumous)

External links

''Campagne''
on Babelio
Raymonde Vincent à Luant
on Éditions Alexandrines

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Raymonde 1908 births 1985 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French women writers Prix Femina winners People from Indre