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Prix Goncourt
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
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Georges Duhamel
1884-06-30 – 1966-04-13
Life & Legacy
Georges Duhamel (; French: [dy.amɛl]; 30 June 1884 – 13 April 1966) was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin. In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie Française. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-seven times. He was also the father of the musicologist and composer Antoine Duhamel.
Occupation & Career
writer, poet, novelist, physician, short story writer, playwright
Education
Lycée Buffon
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Prix Goncourt; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; Croix de guerre 1914–1918; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres; Commander of the ordre de la Santé publique; Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century; Civilization: 1914-1917; Chronicle of Pasquier
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Commander of the ordre de la Santé publique · Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · Croix de guerre 1914–1918 · Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour · Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century · Prix Goncourt
Employer
Alliance française
Organizations & Memberships
Abbaye de Créteil · Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques · Académie Française · Académie Nationale de Médecine · Société des poètes français
Notable Work
Chronicle of Pasquier · Civilization: 1914-1917
Education & Institutions
Lycée Buffon
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
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Croix de guerre 1914–1918
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
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Commander of the ordre de la Santé publique
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
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Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
Family Child
Antoine Duhamel
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
Family Child
Bernard Duhamel
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
Family Child
Jean Duhamel
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
Family Father
Pierre-Émile Duhamel
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
Family Spouse
Blanche Albane
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
Notable Work
Civilization: 1914-1917
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
Notable Work
Chronicle of Pasquier
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q20733 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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