François Porché (born
Cognac
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, November 21, 1877 - died
Vichy
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, April 19, 1944) was a French dramatist, poet and literary critic.
The French Academy awarded him the
Grand Prix de Littérature in 1923.
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Les Butors et la Finette
''Les Butors et la Finette'' is a 1917 play by French dramatist François Porché.
Described as a "symbolical and allegorical drama", with "shocking realism", the play was hailed as the best French drama of World War I and one of its most origin ...
'', a "symbolical and allegorical drama" premiered in 1917, ''
Sam Abramovitch'' in 1927 (in New York City) and ''
Un roi, deux dames et un valet'' in 1934.
He published a war poem ''
L' Arret sur la Marne'' in 1916 and a poetry collection called ''
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics ...
'' in memory of
the poet.
Selected works
*''À chaque jour'' (1904)
*''Les Suppliants'' (1905)
*''Au loin, peut-être…'' (1909)
*''Humus et poussière'' (1911)
*''Prisme étrange de la maladie'' (1912)
*''Le Dessous du masque'' (1914)
*''Nous'' (1914)
*''L'Arrêt sur la Marne'' (1916)
*''Le Poème de la tranchée'' (1916)
*''
Les Butors et la Finette
''Les Butors et la Finette'' is a 1917 play by French dramatist François Porché.
Described as a "symbolical and allegorical drama", with "shocking realism", the play was hailed as the best French drama of World War I and one of its most origin ...
'' (1917)
* ''La Jeune Fille aux joues roses'',
Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
* ''Soumission à la
Vénus d'Arles'', poème (9 pages), Mercure de France. N° 547, 1er avril 1921
*''La Dauphine, comédie en 3 actes'' (1922)
*''Sonates'' (1923)
*''Le Chevalier de Colomb, drame en 3 actes'' (1923)
*''Visite aux Canadiens français'' (1924)
*''Chez nos frères du Canada'' (1925)
*''Qu’est-ce que l’âme slave ?'' (1925)
* ''La Vierge au grand cœur, ou la Mission, les travaux et la passion de Jeanne d'Arc'', pièce en 3 parties et 8 tableaux, mise en scène
Simone Le Bargy
Simone Le Bargy (3 April 1877 – 17 October 1985), born Pauline Benda but better known by her stage and pen name, Madame Simone, was a French people, French actress and woman of letters.
Biography
Born into a Parisian family of Jewish bourgeoi ...
,
Théâtre de la Renaissance
The name Théâtre de la Renaissance () has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building ...
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*''Paul Valéry et la poésie pure'' (1926)
*''La Vie douloureuse de Charles Baudelaire'' (1926)
*''Sam Abramovitch'' (1927)
*''L'amour qui n'ose pas dire son nom'' (1927)
*''L'Evolution poétique de M. Henri de Régnier'' (1928)
*''Humoristes, cubistes et surréalistes'' (1928)
*''Mirages de l'Argent'' (1929)
*''Poètes français depuis Verlaine'' (1929)
*''Tsar Lénine'', mystère en trois actes et un épilogue (1930)
*''Les Dernières Années de Verlaine'' (1932)
*''Franc-Nohain poète ou l'esprit des choses'' (1932)
*''La Jeunesse bourgeoise de Paul Verlaine'' (1932)
*''La Race errante'', drame en 3 actes et 6 tableaux, (1932)
*''Tristan Bernard, auteur classique'' (1932)
*''La Crise du théâtre'' (1933)
*''Verlaine et sa vieille mère'' (1933)
*''Verlaine tel qu'il fut'' (1933)
*''La Jeunesse de Léon Tolstoï'' (1935)
*''Orage sur la Comédie-Française'' (1935)
*''Portrait psychologique de Tolstoï (de la naissance à la mort), 1828-1910'' (1935)
*''Un roi, deux dames et un valet'', pièce en 4 actes : d'après un récit inédit de Mme Simone (1935),
Comédie des Champs-Elysées, 1934
*''Baudelaire : histoire d'une âme'' (1944)
References
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French poets
French literary critics
People from Cognac, France
1877 births
1944 deaths
20th-century French poets
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