Joseph de Pesquidoux
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Joseph Dubosc, count of Pesquidoux (Savigny-lès-Beaune
, Côte-d'Or
, 13 December 1869 - Houga
, 17 March 1946), known as Joseph de Pesquidoux, was a French writer. In 1927 he won the Grand prix de littérature de l’Académie française
, of which he was elected a member in 1936. He was also elected mainteneur of the Académie des Jeux floraux
in 1938.
Savigny-lès-Beaune
Savigny-lès-Beaune is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-Wine:Savigny-lès-Beaune is one of the wine communes of the Côte de Beaune....
, Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...
, 13 December 1869 - Houga
Le Houga
Le Houga is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, 17 March 1946), known as Joseph de Pesquidoux, was a French writer. In 1927 he won the Grand prix de littérature de l’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 was elected a member in 1936. He was also elected mainteneur of the Académie des Jeux floraux
Académie des Jeux floraux
Académie des Jeux floraux , or Collège de la gaie science , is the most ancient literary institution of the western world. It was founded in 1323 by Clémence Isaure as the Consistori del Gay Saber with the goal of encouraging Occitan poetry...
in 1938.
Works
- Premiers vers (1896)
- Salomé (1898)
- Ramsès (1900)
- Le Sang fatal (1903)
- Chez nous - Travaux et jeux rustiques (1920)
- Sur la glèbe (1921)
- Le Livre de raison (3 volumes, 1925-1932)
- Caumont, duc de La Force (1931)
- L’Église et la Terre (1935)
- La Harde (1936)
- Gascogne (1939)
- Un Petit Univers (1940)
- Sol de France (1942)