Eugène Dabit
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Eugene Dabit was a French socialist writer.
He was part of the group "proletarian literature" and had a great success for his short story collection Hôtel du Nord
which won the du Prix du roman populiste and was filmed in 1938 by Marcel Carné
. He maintained an important correspondence with Roger Martin du Gard
.
Dabit was also an amateur artist.
He was part of the group "proletarian literature" and had a great success for his short story collection Hôtel du Nord
Hôtel du Nord
Hôtel du Nord is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marcel Carné and starring Annabella.- Cast :* Annabella - Renée* Jean-Pierre Aumont - Pierre* Louis Jouvet - Monsieur Edmond* Arletty - Raymonde* Paulette Dubost - Ginette* Andrex - Kenel...
which won the du Prix du roman populiste and was filmed in 1938 by Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné
-Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...
. He maintained an important correspondence with Roger Martin du Gard
Roger Martin du Gard
Roger Martin du Gard was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature. Trained as a paleographer and archivist, Martin du Gard brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for details...
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Dabit was also an amateur artist.
Works
- Petit Louis (1930)
- Hôtel du Nord (1929)
- Yvonne (1929 - inédit, éd. 2009)
- La zone verte (1935, rééd. 2009)
- Les maîtres de la peinture espagnole (1937)
- Au Pont Tournant
- Le mal de vivre (avec Étrangères)(1937)
- Train de vies
- Faubourgs de Paris
- Un mort tout neuf
- L’île (Gallimard, 1934)
- Villa Oasis ou Les faux bourgeois (1932)
- Ville lumière
- Journal intime (1926-1938)