Gabriel Faure (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 Benito Mussolini. He won five prizes from the Académie française.
Early life
Gabriel Faure was born on 15 May 1877 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, in the department of Ardèche, France.
Career
Faure was the author of many poems, novels and essays. 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. The book received a good review in The Journal of Roman Studies. Additionally, Faure was the founder of the Comité France-Italie.
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.
He wrote in Italy some wrote, in particular he stayed several times in Breganze (Vicenza - Italy) guested to Marie Jsoard Savardo in 'Villa Savardo'. There are some post cards he sent in 1924 and 1928 from Breganze to France.
Death and legacy
Faure died on 5 August 1962. The Lycée Gabriel Faure in Tournon was named in his honor.
Works
Faure, Gabriel (1898). Berthe de Provence, duchesse d'Arles. Paris: Bibliothèque de l'association. OCLC 79012040.
Faure, Gabriel (1908). Heures d'Ombrie. Paris: Sansot. OCLC 697781125.
Faure, Gabriel (1911). Heure d'Italie. Paris: Sansot. OCLC 559736203.
Faure, Gabriel (1911). Sur la Via Emilia. Paris: E. Sansot. OCLC 28364811.
Faure, Gabriel (1915). Pâques dauphinoises. Valence: imprimerie de Jules César. OCLC 800415620.
Faure, Gabriel (1916). Au pays de Saint François d'Assise. Grenoble: J. Rey. OCLC 491136565.
Faure, Gabriel (1916). Paysages de guerre : champs de bataille de France et d'Italie. Paris: Perrin. OCLC 15729893.
Faure, Gabriel (1917). Paysages littéraires. Paris: Éditions Fasquelle. OCLC 10648696.
Faure, Gabriel (1918). Au pays de sainte Catherine de Sienne. Grenoble: J. Rey. OCLC 9435948.
Faure, Gabriel (1919). L'Amour sous les lauriers roses. Paris: Éditions Fasquelle. OCLC 459498057.
Faure, Gabriel (1919). Sur la terrasse de Valence : rèverie d'un soir d'été. Valence: Imprimerie de Jules César. OCLC 459498898.
Faure, Gabriel (1919). La couronne de Venise. Paris: Edition de Boccard. OCLC 422226206.
Faure, Gabriel (1920). Les amants enchaînés. Paris: Éditions Fasquelle. OCLC 583336313.
Faure, Gabriel (1920). Pèlerinages dauphinois : au pays de Bayart. Grenoble. OCLC 68643744.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Faure, Gabriel (1920). Chateaubriand et l'Occitanienne. Paris: L. Carteret. OCLC 697610159.
Faure, Gabriel (1920). Pèlerinages d'italie. Paris: Perrin et Cie. OCLC 222592180.