Pierre Benoit (novelist)
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Pierre Benoit (July 16, 1886 - March 3, 1962) was a novelist and member of the Académie française.
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. His first novel, Koenigsmark, was published in 1918; L'Atlantide followed the next year and was awarded the Grand Prize of the Académie française. Benoit became a member of the Académie in 1931.
He died in March 1962 at Ciboure.
[edit] Selected Bibliography
- Koenigsmark (1918)
- L'Atlantide (1919; transl. as The Queen Of Atlantis, 1920)
- La Chaussée des Géants (The Giants' Path) (1922)
- L'Oubliée (The Forgotten Woman) (1922)
- Le Puit 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 Runes (The Rune Bird) (1947)
- Aïno (1948)
- Les Agriates (1950)
- La Sainte Vehme (The Holy Vehme) (1954)
- Ville Perdue (Lost City) (1954)
- Montsalvat (1957)
[edit] External links
- Atlantida, available at Project Gutenberg.
