Francis Carco
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Francis Carco was a French
author, born at Nouméa
, New Caledonia
. He was a poet, belonging to the Fantaisiste school, a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for L'Homme libre and Gil Blas. During the War
he became aviation pilot at Étampes
, after studying at the aviation school there. His works are picturesque, painting as they do the street life of Montmartre
, and being written often in the argot of Paris
. He has been called the "romancier des apaches." His memoir, The Last Bohemia: From Montmartre to the Latin Quarter, contains reminiscences of Bohemian
life in Paris during the early years of the twentieth century. He had an affair with Katherine Mansfield in 1915.
Carco held the ninth seat at Académie Goncourt
from 1937–1958. He is buried in Cimetière de Bagneux
. He was the author of:
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
author, born at Nouméa
Nouméa
Nouméa is the capital city of the French territory of New Caledonia. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian , Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians,...
, New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
. He was a poet, belonging to the Fantaisiste school, a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for L'Homme libre and Gil Blas. During the War
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...
he became aviation pilot at Étampes
Étampes
Étampes is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southwest from the center of Paris . Étampes is a sub-prefecture of the Essonne department....
, after studying at the aviation school there. His works are picturesque, painting as they do the street life of Montmartre
Montmartre
Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district...
, and being written often in the argot of 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...
. He has been called the "romancier des apaches." His memoir, The Last Bohemia: From Montmartre to the Latin Quarter, contains reminiscences of Bohemian
Bohemian
A Bohemian is a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region of Bohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. The word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word...
life in Paris during the early years of the twentieth century. He had an affair with Katherine Mansfield in 1915.
Carco held the ninth seat at Académie Goncourt
Académie Goncourt
The Société littéraire des Goncourt , usually called the académie Goncourt , is a French literary organization based in Paris. It was founded by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Goncourt...
from 1937–1958. He is buried in Cimetière de Bagneux
Cimetière de Bagneux
Located to the southwest of the city of Paris, France, the Cimetière de Bagneux is located at 44, avenue Marx-Dormoy, in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine....
. He was the author of:
- Instincts (1911)
- Jésus-la-Caille (novel, 1914)
- Les Innocents (1917)
- Au coin des rues (tales, 1918, 1922)
- Les Malheurs de Fernande (sequel to Jésus-la-Caille 1918)
- Les Mystères de la Morgue ou les Fiancés du IVº arrondissement. Roman gai (1918)
- L'Equipe (1919)
- La Poésie (1919)
- Maman Petitdoigt (1920)
- Francis Carco, raconté par lui-meme (1921; in the collection Ceux dont on parle, directed by Marc Saunier)
- Promenades pittoresques à Montmartre (1922)
- L'homme traqué (1922; Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie françaiseGrand Prix du roman de l'Académie françaiseLe Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1918, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious literary awards in France...
) - Vérotchka l'Étrangère ou le Gout du malheur (1923)
- Le Roman de François Villon (1926), a heavily fictionalised biography of the 15th century poet.
- Brumes (1935)