Anne Green
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Anne Green was an American writer and translator, the sister of Julien Green
. While a child, Green's parents moved to France, where her father, ruined by a financial crisis and poor investments, came to settle. She spent her childhood in Le Havre
, before her parents moved to Paris
, where her brother Julien was born. She and her brother both participated in World War I
, in which she volunteered as an ambulance driver.
Her best known work is the 1948 With Much Love, a fictionalized account of her childhood memories. She wrote fifteen novels and several volumes of short stories, most in her native English. She collaborated with her brother Julien in translating works by other authors, such as Charles Péguy
, as well as his own works.
Julien Green
Julien Green , was an American writer, who authored several novels, including Léviathan and Each in His Own Darkness...
. While a child, Green's parents moved to France, where her father, ruined by a financial crisis and poor investments, came to settle. She spent her childhood in Le Havre
Le Havre
Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...
, before her parents moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where her brother Julien was born. She and her brother both participated in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, in which she volunteered as an ambulance driver.
Her best known work is the 1948 With Much Love, a fictionalized account of her childhood memories. She wrote fifteen novels and several volumes of short stories, most in her native English. She collaborated with her brother Julien in translating works by other authors, such as Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a devout but non-practicing Roman Catholic.From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his...
, as well as his own works.
Author
- The Selbys, 1930.
- Reader, I Married Him, 1931.
- Marietta, 1932.
- A Marriage of Convenience, 1933.
- Fools Rush in, 1934.
- That Fellow Perceval, 1935.
- 16 Rue Cortambert, 1937.
- The Delamer Curse, 1940.
- Just before Dawn, 1943.
- With Much Love, Harper & Row (1948) (published as Mes Jours Évanouis, literal translation, My Vanished Days, PlonPlon (publisher)Plon is a French book publishing company, founded in 1852 by Henri Plon and his two brothers.The Plon family were Walloons coming from Nivelle, France. One of their ancestors is probably the Danish typographer Jehan Plon who lived at the end of the 16th century.-History:The Editions Plon were...
, Paris) (1951) (translated from the English by Marie Canavaggia) - La Porte des songes, 1969.
Translator
- A Certain SmileA Certain SmileA Certain Smile , written in a two month period then published in 1956, is Françoise Sagan's second book. It tells of a student's love affair with a middle-aged man.-Plot introduction:...
, Francoise SaganFrançoise SaganFrançoise Sagan – real name Françoise Quoirez – was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Hailed as "a charming little monster" by François Mauriac on the front page of Le Figaro, Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois...
(1956) - The Green Paradise: Autobiography, Volume 1 (1900-1916), Julien Green. Marion Boyars PublishersMarion Boyars PublishersMarion Boyars Publishers is an independent publishing company located in Great Britain, publishing books that focus on the humanities and social sciences.-External links:*...
(1992), ISBN 0714529559 - Each Man in His Darkness, Julien Green. (reissued 1996) ISBN 0-7043-0064-8
- Bases Verities: Prose and Poetry, Charles Peguy (co-translated with Julien). Pantheon BooksPantheon BooksPantheon Books is an American imprint with editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.The current editor-in-chief at Pantheon Books is Dan Frank.-Overview:...
(1945) - Diary, 1928-1957, Julien Green. (selected by Kurt WolffKurt WolffKurt Wolff was a German publisher, editor, writer and journalist.Wolff was born in Bonn, Rhenish Prussia. Together with Ernst Rowohlt he began to work in publishing in Leipzig in 1908. He was the first to promote and publish the authors Franz Kafka and Franz Werfel...
) (1964)