Albert Camille Touchard (Paris 7 February 1876 - date of death unknown, but between 1935 and 1945) was a French author. He is best remembered as author of ''La Guêpe'' (1934) which won
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
The is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie Française. Along with the Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the ...
in 1935.
[Books Abroad Roy Temple House, Ernst Erich Noth - 1936- Volume 10 - Page 69
"Albert Touchard. La Guepe. Prix du Roman de l'Academie francaise ... The wasp refers to the many little ways whereby the Germans express their hostility to the French or spy upon Bernier's actions. The novel concludes: '"On peut mourir d'un accident banal, d'une emotion legere, d'un rien: On peut mourir d'une piqure de guepe!" Bernier suffers from the heavy sadness of the rains in the German hills and longs for the freshness of the sea ...]
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1876 births
20th-century deaths
Year of death unknown
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners
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