Roger Duchêne
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Roger Duchêne was a French biographer specializing in the letters of Madame de Sévigné
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Duchêne became a member of l'Académie de Marseille in 1972, and received the Grand Prize of l'Académie du Vaucluse en 1980, as well as the Prix du Roi René, le Grand Prix littéraire de Provence in 1983, and received the George Castex l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques Prize and the Grand Prize for Literary Biography from the Académie Française
, of which he had already been named laureat for his works published in 1979, 1983 et 1991.
He lived in Marseille
, until his death in 2006, aged 75.
Duchêne's works include:
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her daughter.-Life:...
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Duchêne became a member of l'Académie de Marseille in 1972, and received the Grand Prize of l'Académie du Vaucluse en 1980, as well as the Prix du Roi René, le Grand Prix littéraire de Provence in 1983, and received the George Castex l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques Prize and the Grand Prize for Literary Biography from 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 had already been named laureat for his works published in 1979, 1983 et 1991.
He lived in Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, until his death in 2006, aged 75.
Duchêne's works include:
- Madame de Sévigné, ou, la chance d'être femme
- Chère Madame de Sévigné...
- Madame de Sévigné et la lettre d'amour
- Naissances d'un écrivan: Madame de Sévigné
- L'Impossible Marcel Proust
- La Fontaine
- Molière
- Ninon de Lenclos, ou, La manière jolie de faire l'amour
- Madame de La Fayette
- Marseille
- Etre femme au temps de Louis XIV
- Les précieuses, ou, Comment l'esprit vint aux femmes
- Mon Dix-septième siècle: de Mme de Sévigné à Marcel Proust