Émile Henriot (French:[emilɑ̃ʁjo]; 3 March 1889 – 14 April 1961) was a French poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic.
Biography
A son of the caricaturist Henri Maigrot, known under the pen name
Henriot, he fought in the
First World War. He first wrote as a journalist for Temps in the inter-war period. He became literary critic for Monde, the heir of Temps on the
Liberation of France, and for them coined the term '
nouveau roman' in 1957. He was elected a member of the
Académie française in 1946 at the same time as
Édouard Le Roy.
Works
Poèmes à Sylvie (1906)
Eurydice (1907)
Petite suite italienne (1909)
Jardins à la Française (1911)
L’Instant et le Souvenir (1912)
Vignettes romantiques et turqueries (1912)
À quoi rêvent les jeunes gens ? (1913)
La Flamme et les Cendres (1914)
Bellica (1915)
Le carnet d’un dragon dans les tranchées (1918)
Valentin (1918)
Le diable à l’hôtel ou les plaisirs imaginaires (1919)
Émile Henriot (French:[emilɑ̃ʁjo]; 3 March 1889 – 14 April 1961) was a French poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic.
Biography
A son of the caricaturist Henri Maigrot, known under the pen name
Henriot, he fought in the
First World War. He first wrote as a journalist for Temps in the inter-war period. He became literary critic for Monde, the heir of Temps on the
Liberation of France, and for them coined the term '
nouveau roman' in 1957. He was elected a member of the
Académie française in 1946 at the same time as
Édouard Le Roy.
Works
Poèmes à Sylvie (1906)
Eurydice (1907)
Petite suite italienne (1909)
Jardins à la Française (1911)
L’Instant et le Souvenir (1912)
Vignettes romantiques et turqueries (1912)
À quoi rêvent les jeunes gens ? (1913)
La Flamme et les Cendres (1914)
Bellica (1915)
Le carnet d’un dragon dans les tranchées (1918)
Valentin (1918)
Le diable à l’hôtel ou les plaisirs imaginaires (1919)