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French writer and poet (1903–1946)
Marius Grout (born 8 November 1903
Fauville-en-Caux – 1 May 1946
Le Havre) was a French writer and poet.
Life
His father was a postman in St. Saire near
Neufchâtel-en-Bray. He chose teaching. In 1932, he joined the
Religious Society of Friends.
In the late 1930s, he befriended a group of writers, which included
Emile Danoën and his former pupil
Pierre Aubery.
In 1937 he published his first book, Kagawa, through the Society of Friends. He won the
Prix Goncourt in 1943 for his novel Passage of rights.
He died at Le Havre and was buried in
Incheville.
A school is named after him in
Rouen, a school in
Montivilliers, and the Primary School in
Saint-Saire.
Works
- Kagawa, biographie, 1937
- Le Poète et le Saint, essai, 1938
- Le Déluge, théâtre, 1939
- Musique d’Avent, Paris, Gallimard, 1941
- Mysticisme et poésie, Paris, Albin Michel, 1942
- Le vent se lève, Paris, Gallimard, 1942
- Passage de l'homme, Paris, Gallimard, 1943, Gallimard, Prix Goncourt
- Translated in English, by Emerson Lamb et published with an introduction by Henry Van Etten for Vantage Press, New York, 1962, When the man passed by.
- Poèmes, Paris, Gallimard, 1944
- Un Homme perdu, Paris, Gallimard, 1945
- Poèmes à l’inconnue, Paris, Le Seuil, 1945
- À un Jeune Poète, Paris, Éditions du Pavois, 1945
- Kagawa, le Gandhi japonais, Préf. de Toyohiko Kagawa (en), Paris, Presses d’Île-de-France, 1946
Bibliography
- Georges Hirondel, Marius Grout: Prix Goncourt 1943: aventurier de l’absolu, Luneray, Bertout, (
ISBN
2867434610)
- Georges Hirondel, Marius Grout : Ecrivain de l’absolu – Essai d'une "revie" littéraire, Thèse à la carte A.N.R.T, (
ISBN
978-2-7295-7259-4)
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