Francis Carco
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| - | '''Francis Carco''' (1886-1958) 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 [[World War I|War]] he became aviation pilot at [[Etampes]], 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." Carco held the ninth seat at [[Académie Goncourt]] from [[1937]]-[[1958]]. He is buried in [[Cimetière de Bagneux]]. He was the author of: | + | '''Francis Carco''' (1886-1958) was a [[French author]], born at Nouméa, New Caledonia. He was a poet, belonging to the ''[[École fantaisiste|Fantaisiste school]]'', a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for ''L'Homme libre'' and ''[[Gil Blas]]''. During the [[World War I|War]] he became aviation pilot at [[Etampes]], 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." Carco held the ninth seat at [[Académie Goncourt]] from [[1937]]-[[1958]]. He is buried in [[Cimetière de Bagneux]]. He was the author of: |
| * ''Instincts'' (1911) | * ''Instincts'' (1911) | ||
| * ''Jésus-la-Caille (novel, 1914) | * ''Jésus-la-Caille (novel, 1914) | ||
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Francis Carco (1886-1958) 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 Etampes, 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." Carco held the ninth seat at Académie Goncourt from 1937-1958. He is buried in Cimetière de Bagneux. 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 le Fiancées du IVº arrondissement. Roman gai (1918)
- L'Equipe (1919)
- La Poésie (1919)
- Francis Carco, raconté par lui-meme (1921; in the collection Ceux dont on parle, directed by Marc Saunier)
- Promenades pittoresques à Montmarte (1922)
- Vérotchka l"Etrangère ou le Gout du malheur (1923), a novel which was sharply criticized by the French reviews. His other works include: Petits airs (poems) and Maman Petitdoigt.
- Le Roman de François Villon (1926), a heavily fictionalised biography of the 15th century poet.
- Brumes (1935)
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