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Born | 6 January 1884
Le Havre,
Seine-Maritime, France |
Died | 24 December 1972
Châteauroux,
Indre, France | (aged 88)
Other names | Orion |
Spouse | René Johannet |
Henriette Charasson (6 January 1884 – 24 December 1972) was a French author of Catholic themes who was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. [1]
Charasson was born on 6 January 1884 in Le Havre, France.
During World War I, Charasson joined the Action Française. [2] She wrote for La Croix and L'Action Française on several occasions under the pseudonym Orion, [3] which increased her notoriety in intellectual and masculine nationalist circles. [4] She later became a contributor for La Dépêche tunisienne as a literary critic for twenty-five years.
Upon reading the works of Charles Maurras, Charasson expressed that her belief in God was awakened. She said: "For me, I repeat, encountering the works of Charles Maurras, who is not a believer, was my first step on the road to Damascus." [4] Her marriage in 1920 to the journalist René Johannet led to her eventual conversion to Catholicism. [5] After the condemnation of Action Française by the Pope Pius XI in 1926, Charasson turned away from the movement. [5]
She died on 24 December 1972 on Châteauroux, France.
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Charasson's honors are from the Académie Française:
Henriette Charasson | |
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Born | 6 January 1884
Le Havre,
Seine-Maritime, France |
Died | 24 December 1972
Châteauroux,
Indre, France | (aged 88)
Other names | Orion |
Spouse | René Johannet |
Henriette Charasson (6 January 1884 – 24 December 1972) was a French author of Catholic themes who was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. [1]
Charasson was born on 6 January 1884 in Le Havre, France.
During World War I, Charasson joined the Action Française. [2] She wrote for La Croix and L'Action Française on several occasions under the pseudonym Orion, [3] which increased her notoriety in intellectual and masculine nationalist circles. [4] She later became a contributor for La Dépêche tunisienne as a literary critic for twenty-five years.
Upon reading the works of Charles Maurras, Charasson expressed that her belief in God was awakened. She said: "For me, I repeat, encountering the works of Charles Maurras, who is not a believer, was my first step on the road to Damascus." [4] Her marriage in 1920 to the journalist René Johannet led to her eventual conversion to Catholicism. [5] After the condemnation of Action Française by the Pope Pius XI in 1926, Charasson turned away from the movement. [5]
She died on 24 December 1972 on Châteauroux, France.
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Charasson's honors are from the Académie Française: