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J.-H. Rosny was the
J.-H. Rosny was the pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...
of the brothers Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856–1940) and Séraphin Justin François Boex (1859–1948), both born in Brussels
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. Together they wrote a series of novels and short stories about natural, prehistoric and fantasy
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subjects, published between 1886 and 1909, as well as several popular science works. After 1909, the two brothers ended their collaboration, and Joseph Boex took to signing his works as J.-H. Rosny aîné (J. H. Rosny the Elder), while his brother Seraphin used the name J.-H. Rosny jeune (J. H. Rosny the Younger).
In 1887, the brothers were among the writers who entered a formal protest in ''Le Figaro
() is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...
'' newspaper against Émile Zola
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, ; ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of Naturalism (literature), naturalism, and an important contributor to ...
's ''La Terre
(''The Earth'') is a novel by Émile Zola, published in 1887. It is the fifteenth novel in Zola's '' Rougon-Macquart'' series. The action takes place in a rural community in the Beauce, an area in central France west of Paris. The novel is conn ...
''. In 1903, the brothers were named to the first jury for the Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...
, an influential annual French literary award. They are considered to be among the founders of modern science fiction
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Of the two, the elder brother Joseph ( J.-H. Rosny aîné) is somewhat better known and many of the joint Rosny works are incorrectly attributed only to the elder brother. Of their books, ''The Quest for Fire
''The Quest for Fire'' (, literally ''The War of Fire'') is a 1911 Belgian fantasy novel by J.-H. Rosny, the pseudonym of two brothers; the author was actually the elder of the two, Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856–1940). It was first publish ...
'' is the best known, especially since it was made into a motion picture of the same name in 1981.
Books authored jointly by the Boex brothers
* ''Nell Horn de l'Armée du Salut'' * ''Vamireh'' * '' La Guerre du feu'' (translated as ''The Quest for Fire'') * ''Les Xipéhuz
''Les Xipéhuz'' (1888) is a novella by the writing duo J.-H. Rosny – although it is possible that Rosny aîné was the principal contributor. It describes the fight that threatens humanity, in the beginning of its history, against a non-orga ...
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* ''Amour étrusque''
* ''Les Femmes de Setnê''
* ''L'Étonnant Voyage d'Hareton Ironcastle'' (translated as ''Ironcastle'' by Philip José Farmer
Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy fiction, fantasy novels and short story, short stories.
Obituary.
Farmer is best known for two sequences of novels, t ...
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See also
* J.-H. Rosny aîné * J.-H. Rosny jeuneReferences
External links
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