Marcel Arland facts for kids
Marcel Arland (born July 5, 1899, died January 12, 1986) was a famous French writer. He wrote many novels and was also a literary critic and journalist. He was born and died in Haute-Marne, a region in France.
About Marcel Arland
Marcel Arland was a very active writer. He helped start a newspaper called Aventure with his friends René Crevel and Roger Vitrac. This newspaper was part of a movement called dada.
In 1929, Marcel Arland won a very important award for writers, the Prix Goncourt. He won it for his book called L'Ordre. Later, in 1968, he became a member of the Académie française, which is a group of important French people who protect the French language. From 1968 to 1977, he also led a well-known French magazine called Nouvelle Revue Française.
Books by Marcel Arland
Marcel Arland wrote many books during his life. Here are some of his most well-known works:
- Terres étrangères (1923)
- Étienne (1925)
- Monique (1926)
- Les Âmes en peine (1927)
- L'Ordre (1929) (This book won the Prix Goncourt)
- Antarès (1932)
- Les Vivants (1934)
- La Vigie (1935)
- Les Plus Beaux de nos jours (1937)
- Terre natale (1938)
- La Grâce (1941)
- Zélie dans le désert (1944)
- Il faut de tout pour faire un monde (1947)
- Sidobre (1949)
- Essais et nouveaux essais critiques (1952)
- Je vous écris... (1960)
- L'Eau et le feu (1960)
- Je vous écris... La nuit et les sources (1963)
- Le Grand Pardon (1965)
- Attendez l'aube (1970)
