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Pierre Benoit (16 July 1886 – 3 March 1962) was a French novelist and member of the Académie française.〔French Twentieth Bibliography: Critical and Bibliographical William J. Thompson - 2001... - Page 17210 "Maltère, Stéphane: "Le monde littéraire antique dans L'Atlantide de Pierre Benoit, " Cahiers des Amis de Pierre Benoit, no. 10 (1999), 21-30. () X1361. Monestier, Louis: "Histoire de l'association des 'Amis de Pierre Benoit'. Première partie ..."〕 Pierre Benoit, born in Albi (southern France) was the son of a French soldier. Benoit spent his early years and military service in Northern Africa, before becoming a civil servant.〔Hugo Frey, "Afterword" to ''The Queen of Atlantis'', Bison Books, ISBN 0803269161, (p.289-312)〕 His first novel, ''Koenigsmark'', was published during 1918; ''L'Atlantide'' was published the next year and was awarded the Grand Prize of the Académie française.〔 Benoit became a member of the Académie during 1931.〔 A political right-winger, Benoit was an admirer of the French fascist Charles Maurras.〔 During the Nazi Occupation of France, Benoît joined the "Groupe Collaboration", a pro-Nazi arts group whose other members included Abel Bonnard, Georges Claude and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle.〔Karen Fiss, ''Grand Illusion: The Third Reich, the Paris Exposition, and the Cultural Seduction of France''. University of Chicago Press, 2009 ISBN 0226252019, (p.201)〕 This led him to be arrested in September 1944; he was eventually released after six months, but his work remained on the "blacklist" of French Nazi collaborators for several years afterwards.〔 Late in his life, Benoit gave a series of interviews with the French writer Paul Guimard.〔 He died in March 1962 in Ciboure. ==Bibliography== * ''Koenigsmark'' (1918) * ''L'Atlantide'' (1919; transl. as ''The Queen Of Atlantis'', 1920) * ''La Chaussée des Géants'' (''The Giant's Causeway'') (1922) * ''L'Oublié'' (''The Forgotten Man'') (1922) * ''Le Puits de Jacob'' (''Jacob's Well'') (1925) * ''Le Roi Lépreux'' (''The Leper King'') (1927) * ''Axelle'' (1928) * ''Le Soleil de Minuit'' (''The Midnight Sun'') (1930) * ''L'Homme qui était trop grand'' (''The Man Who Was Too Tall'') (1936) * ''Bethsabée'' (1938) * ''Lunegarde'' (''Moonkeep'') (1942) * ''L'Oiseau des Ruines'' (''The Ruins Bird'') (1947) * ''Aïno'' (1948) * ''Les Agriates'' (1950) * ''La Sainte Vehme'' (''The Holy Vehme'') (1954) * ''Villeperdue'' (''Lost City'') (1954) * ''Montsalvat'' (1957) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierre Benoit (novelist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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