Georges Lecomte
Encyclopedia
Lecomte was born in Mâcon
Mâcon
Mâcon is a small city in central France. It is prefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department, in the region of Bourgogne, and the capital of the Mâconnais district. Mâcon is home to over 35,000 residents, called Mâconnais.-Geography:...
, Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.-History:When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern...
. In 1924 he was elected to the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
, of which he became perpetual secretary in 1946. He was also director of the École Estienne
École Estienne
L’école Estienne is the traditional name of the Graduate School of Arts and Printing Industry. It is located at 18, Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Butte-aux-Cailles.-History:...
. He died in Paris.
Plays
- La Meule, 4 acts, Paris, Théâtre-Libre, 26 February 1891
- Mirages, 5 acts, Paris, Théâtre-Libre, 6 March 1893
Novels
- Les Valets, contemporary novel (1898)
- La Suzeraine (1898)
- La Maison en fleurs (1900)
- Les Cartons verts, contemporary novel (1901)
- Le Veau d'or (1903)
- Les Hannetons de Paris (1905)
- L'Espoir (1908)
- Bouffonneries dans la tempête (1921)
- La Lumière retrouvée (1923)
- Le Mort saisit le vif (1925)
- Le Jeune Maître (1929)
- Les Forces d'amour (1931)
- Je n'ai menti qu'à moi-même (1932)
- La Rançon (1941)
- Servitude amoureuse (1949)
- Le Goinfre vaniteux, comic=satirical novel (1951)
Other
- L'Art impressioniste d'après la collection privée de M. Durand-Ruel (1892)
- Espagne (1896)
- Les Allemands chez eux (1910)
- Les Lettres au service de la patrie (1917)
- Pour celles qui pleurent, pour ceux qui souffrent (1917)
- Clemenceau (1918)
- Au chant de la Marseillaise. Danton et Robespierre. L'Ouragan de la Marseillaise. Marceau et Kléber (1919)
- Louis Charlot (1925)
- La Vie amoureuse de Danton (1927)
- La Vie héroïque et glorieuse de Carpeaux (1928)
- Les Prouesses du Bailli de Suffren (1929)
- Le Gouvernement de M. Thiers (1930)
- Thiers (1933)
- Steinlen. Chats et autres Bêtes. Dessins inédits. Texte de Georges Lecomte (1933)
- Gloire de l'Île-de-France (1934)
- Ma traversée (1949)