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Marius Grout

1903 – 1946

French writer

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Lived 1903 – 1946 (aged 42). Marius Grout was a French writer.

Marius Grout (born 8 November 1903 Fauville-en-Caux – 1 May 1946 Le Havre) was a French writer and poet.

Life His father was a postman in St. Saire near Neufchâtel-en-Bray. He chose teaching. In 1932, he joined the Religious Society of Friends.

In the late 1930s, he befriended a group of writers, which included Emile Danoën and his former pupil Pierre Aubery.

In 1937 he published his first book, Kagawa, through the Society of Friends. He won the Prix Goncourt in 1943 for his novel Passage of rights.

He died at Le Havre and was buried in Incheville.

A school is named after him in Rouen, a school in Montivilliers, and the Primary School in Saint-Saire.

Works Kagawa, biographie, 1937 Le Poète et le Saint, essai, 1938 Le Déluge, théâtre, 1939 Musique d’Avent, Paris, Gallimard, 1941 Mysticisme et poésie, Paris, Albin Michel, 1942 Le vent se lève, Paris, Gallimard, 1942 Passage de l'homme, Paris, Gallimard, 1943, Gallimard, Poèmes, Paris, Gallimard, 1944 Un Homme perdu, Paris, Gallimard, 1945 Poèmes à l’inconnue, Paris, Le Seuil, 1945 À un Jeune Poète, Paris, Éditions du Pavois, 1945 Kagawa, le Gandhi japonais, Préf. de Toyohiko Kagawa (en), Paris, Presses d’Île-de-France, 1946

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Who was Marius Grout?

French writer (1903-1946)

When was Marius Grout born?

Marius Grout was born on 8 November 1903 in Fauville-en-Caux.

When did Marius Grout die?

Marius Grout died on 1 May 1946 in Le Havre.

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Marius Grout was a writer.

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Marius Grout was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Marius Grout

· Wikidata: Q1225351

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