Lucien Besnard (19 January 1872,

Nonancourt Nonancourt () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. The writer Louis-François Beffara (1751–1838) and the playwright Lucien Besnard (1872–1955) were born in Nonancourt. Nonancourt station has rail connection ...

– 1955) was a French playwright and drama critic. He held a doctorate in law and was graduated in

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from the

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. The

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awarded Lucien Besnard two prizes: *1926: the

Prix Émile Augier The Prix Émile Augier is a literary prize bestowed by the Académie française, with a silver medal from the Academy. It is an annual award that was first given sporadically from the late 19th century until 1961. It was reestablished in 1994 as a ...

for ''L’homme qui n’est plus de ce monde'' *1928: th
Prix Toirac
for ''Le cœur partagé'' In 1932, he adapted in French '' The White Horse Inn'', German operetta by

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. Lucien Besnard is buried at

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in Paris.

Main plays

*1896: ''Le Glas'' *1898: ''Papa Dollivet'' *1899: ''Les Chiens du maître'' *1900: ''La Fronde'' *1902: ''Le Domaine'' *1904: ''L'Affaire Grisel'' *1906: ''La Plus Amoureuse'' *1908: ''Mon ami Teddy'' *1909: ''Le Diable ermite'' *1910: ''La Folle enchère'' *1913: ''Je veux revoir ma Normandie'' *1924: ''L'homme qui n'est plus de ce monde'' *1926: ''Le Cœur partagé'' *1927: ''Dans l'hombre du harem''

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Lucien Besnard
on data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Besnard, Lucien 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights People from Eure 1872 births 1955 deaths