biography
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Lacretelle, Jacques de
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pronunciation:
[lakruhtel]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1888–1985)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Cormatin, EC France. In the tradition of the psychological novel, his books include the autobigraphical La Vie Inquiète de Jean Hermelin (1920), Silbermann (Prix Fémina, 1922), L'Ame cachée (Grand Prix du Roman, 1929), and Les Hauts Ponts (4 vols, 1932–6). He worked through the war years as a journalist for Le Figaro of which he was a director. Post-war works include Le Pour et le contre (1946), Le Tiroir Secret (1959), and Les Vivants et leur ombre (1977). |
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