About Marie Le Franc
Lived 1879 – 1964 (aged 85). Marie Le Franc was a French novelist, writer, short story writer and school teacher.
Marie Le Franc (; 4 October 1879 – 29 December 1964) was a French-born writer who found much of her inspiration in Canada.
She published two volumes of poetry Les Voix du cœur et de l'âme (1920) and Les Voix de misère et d'allégresse, as well as novels and short stories. Her 1925 novel Grand-Louis l'innocent won the French Prix Femina. Her work also appeared in Le Mercure de France, the Album universel and Les Carnets viatoriens.
Le Franc was named a Chevalier in the French Legion of Honour in 1953.
Selected works Source: Le Poste sur la dûne, novel (1928) Hélier: fils des bois, novel (1930) Grand-Louis le Revenant, novel (1930) Au pays canadien-français, essay (1931), received the from the Académie française Dans l'île. Roman d'Ouessant, novel (1932) Visages de Montréal, stories (1934?) La Rivière solitaire, novel (1934) La Randonnée passionnée, novel (1936) Les Pêcheurs de Gaspésie, novel (1938) O Canada, Terre de nos aïeux !, stories (1947) Le Fils de la forêt, novel (1952)
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Who was Marie Le Franc?
French writer (1879-1964)
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Marie Le Franc was born on 4 October 1879 in Sarzeau.
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Marie Le Franc died on 29 December 1964 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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Marie Le Franc was a novelist, writer, short story writer and school teacher.
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Marie Le Franc was French.
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