biography
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Boylesve, René
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pseudonym of René-Marie-Auguste Tardiveu
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pronunciation:
[bwalevay]
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| lived:
| (1867–1926)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in La Haye Descartes, N France. He studied at Sciences-Po and Ecole du Louvre. His novels reveal him as an able historian of rural and urban society in the W of France from 1870 to 1900. They include Mademoiselle Cloque (1899), La Becquée (1901), L'Enfant à la balustrade (1903), and La Jeune Fille bien élevée (1912). He also wrote short stories and lighter novels, such as La Leçon d'amour dans un parc (1902), Le Bel Avenir (1905), and Mon Amour (1908). His last novel, Souvenirs du jardin détruit (1926), turns nostalgically to the house that his rich marriage enabled him to acquire. Early recognizing the importance of Marcel Proust, he is sometimes hailed as one of his precursors. Boylesve was elected to the Académie Française in 1919. |
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