Gabriel Faure (writer)
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox person Gabriel Faure (Template:IPA; 15 May 1877 – 5 August 1962) was a French poet, novelist and essayist. He was the author of many books about Italy, and the editor of a book prefaced by Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. He won five prizes from the Académie française.
Early life
[edit]Gabriel Faure was born on 15 May 1877 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, in the department of Ardèche, France.<ref name="bnfgabrielfaure">Template:Cite web</ref>
Career
[edit]Faure was the author of many poems, novels and essays.<ref name="bnfgabrielfaure"/> An Italophile, he wrote many books about Italy, including Venice, Ventimiglia and Rome. In 1929, he edited a book about Italy entitled Le Visage de l'Italie prefaced by Benito Mussolini.<ref name="worldcatlevisagedelitalie">Template:Cite book</ref> The book received a good review in The Journal of Roman Studies.<ref name="reviewedhm">Template:Cite journal</ref> Additionally, Faure was the founder of the Comité France-Italie.<ref name="poupaultjeanne">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Moreover, Faure wrote several books about French authors François-René de Chateaubriand, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Stendhal, Paul Valéry and Louis Le Cardonnel. He co-authored a book about Napoleon with Marcel Deléon.
Faure won five prizes from the Académie française: the Prix Montyon for Heures d'Ombrie in 1908; the Prix Jules Davaine for Sur la vie Emilia in 1911; the Prix Marcelin Guérin for Paysages littéraires in 1918; the Prix Alfred Née in 1930; and the Grand Prix de Littérature for the entirety of his work in 1941.<ref name="academiegabriel">Template:Cite web</ref>
He wrote in Italy some wrote, in particular he stayed several times in Breganze (Vicenza - Italy) guested to Marie Jsoard Savardo in 'Villa Savardo'.<ref>AA.VV., Da Marano al Mondo, Schio, 2006</ref> There are some post cards he sent in 1924 and 1928 from Breganze to France.<ref>AA.VV., Saluti Da Breganze, cartoline, ed. Leoni, Fara Vic., 2020</ref>
Death and legacy
[edit]Faure died on 5 August 1962.<ref name="bnfgabrielfaure"/> The Lycée Gabriel Faure in Tournon was named in his honor.<ref name="lycee">Template:Cite web</ref>
Works
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