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Lucien Fabre (14 February 1889 – 26 November 1952) was a French novelist, essayist, and poet.
Fabre was a businessman, artist, and friend of the poet
Personal life
Fabre was born on 14 February 1889 in France's River Garonne region inPampelonne
Pampelonne (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
See also
*Communes of the Tarn department
The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following int ...
, and died in Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
on 26 November 1952.
Career
Publication of Einstein's theories
Fabre was a businessman, artist, and friend of the poet Paul Valéry
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher.
In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, m ...
, Leon-Paul Fargue, and the violinist Jacques Thibaud
Jacques Thibaud (; 27 September 18801 September 1953) was a French violinist.
Biography
Thibaud was born in Bordeaux and studied the violin with his father before entering the Paris Conservatoire at the age of thirteen. In 1896 he jointly won th ...
.
He associated with socialists, particularly Léon Blum
André Léon Blum (; 9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century. He was a disciple of socialist l ...
; in Carmaux he met Jean Jaurès
Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès (3 September 185931 July 1914), commonly referred to as Jean Jaurès (; ), was a French socialist leader. Initially a Moderate Republican, he later became a social democrat and one of the first possibi ...
, a socialist politician from the same region as Fabre. Fabre married a young woman of one of the richest families of the Champ de Mars in Paris.
During 1921, Fabre published a popular science book titled ''Einstein's theories: a new face in the world'' with a "foreword" attributed to Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 187918 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence f ...
. The preface text was taken from a letter by Einstein to Maurice Solovine
Maurice Solovine (21 May 1875 – 13 February 1958) was a Romanian philosopher and mathematician. He is best known for his association with Albert Einstein.
Biography
Solovine was born in Iași, a university city in eastern Romania, near the bord ...
, which was later purchased by Fabre. After publication, Einstein complained to the editor, resulting in the preface of the book being withdrawn for the second edition (1922), and replaced with a derogatory comment directed at Einstein Albert Einstein, ''Œuvres choisies, tome 4 : Correspondances françaises'', ()
Fabre is now largely forgotten, probably because of his extreme eclecticism which is no longer popular; a characteristic which made his style difficult to read. He kept all his life an affection for country life. Several of his books recreate the atmosphere and character which prevailed in this austere and poor land.
Awards
* 1923Prix 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 ...
for ''Rabevel ou le Mal des ardents''.
* 1948 Grand Prix of Histoire Académie française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
for ''Jeanne d'Arc''.
Works
* ''Les théories d'Einstein: une nouvelle figure du monde'' Paris: Payot, 1921. * ''Bassesse de Venise, précédé de La Traversée de l'Europe en avion et du légat'' (1924). Gallimard (essays). * ''Le Ciel de l'oiseleur'' (1934), Gallimard (essays). * ''Connaissance de la déesse'' (1924), préface de Paul Valéry. Gallimard (poetry). * ''Le Paradis des amants'' (1931), Collection blanche, Gallimard (novel). * ''Rabevel ou le mal des ardents'' (1923), trois volumes, Collection blanche, Gallimard (novel). * ''Le Rire et les rieurs'' (1929), Collection blanche, Gallimard (essays). * ''Le Tarramagnou'' (1925), Collection blanche, Gallimard (novel). * ''Vanikoro'' (1925). Gallimard (poetry). * ''Dieu est innocent: tragédie'', Lucien Fabre, Paul Valéry, Nagel, 1946. * ''Jeanne d'Arc'' (1948), Tallandier.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabre, Lucien 1889 births 1952 deaths People from Tarn (department) Writers from Occitania (administrative region) French male novelists 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers Prix Goncourt winners Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery