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Gabriel Chevallier (3 May 1895 – 6 April 1969) was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire '' Clochemerle''.
Gabriel Chevallier (3 May 1895 – 6 April 1969) was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire '' Clochemerle''.
Biography
Born in Lyon in 1895, Gabriel Chevallier was educated in various schools before entering Lyon École des Beaux-Arts in 1911. He was called up at the start of World War I and wounded a year later, but returned to the front where he served as an infantryman until the war's end. He was awarded theCroix de Guerre
The ''Croix de Guerre'' (, ''Cross of War'') is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was first awa ...
and Chevalier de la LĂ©gion d'honneur. Following the war, he undertook several jobs including art teacher, journalist and a commercial traveller before starting to write in 1925. His novel ''La Peur'' (Fear) published in 1930 drew upon his own experiences and formed a damning indictment of the war. It was not published in English until 2011 ( Serpent's Tail, ). He was married with one son and died in Cannes in 1969.
'' Clochemerle'' was written in 1934 and has been translated into twenty-six languages and sold several million copies. It was dramatised first in a 1947 film by Pierre Chenal and in 1972 by the BBC. He wrote two sequels: ''Clochemerle Babylon'' (''Clochemerle-Babylone'', 1951), and ''Clochemerle-les-Bains'' (1963). In the United States, the Clochemerle books were published under the English titles ''The Scandals of Clochemerle'' (for ''Clochemerle'' in 1937) and ''The Wicked Village'' (''Clochemerle-Babylone'', 1956).
Others translated into English include ''Sainte Colline'' (1937), ''Cherry'' (''Ma Petite Amie Pomme'', 1940), ''The Affairs of Flavie or The Euffe Inheritance'' (''Les HĂ©ritiers Euffe'', 1945) and ''Mascarade'' (1948).
Other books in French include ''Clarisse Vernon, Propre à Rien, Chemins de Solitude'' and ''Le Petit Général.''
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* 1895 births 1969 deaths Writers from Lyon Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur French military personnel of World War I French male novelists 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers French Army soldiers {{France-novelist-19thC-stub