New and working in London in the summer of 1905. Eliot's French tutor, and ghost wrote a book with a future president of France, his unrequited love for Yvonne de Quievrecourt was legendary, he romanced one of the great actresses of his day, and he experienced numerous personal adventures such as flying when airplanes were still quite The novel has inspired writers such as John Fowles and Jack Kerouac who once stated "I feel a strange affinity with his work" and numerous French writers such as Julien Gracq and Simone de Beauvoire. This classic of world literature has been translated into 32 languages, been made into a major film in 1966 by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, and even inspired sketches for a ballet by Ravel. 4Īlain-Fournier Alain-Fournier’s Colombe BlanchetĪlthough he is relatively unknown in the United States, Alain-Fournier (pen name of Henri Fournier who chose it to distinguish himself from an admiral and from a race car driver who both had the same name) is giant of French letters thanks to his unique novel Le grand Meaulnes which has variously been translated into English as The Wanderer, The Land of Lost Content, or The End of Youth.
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