Alain Fournier

Mersiha Bruncevic (Gothenburg University)

Ed. by Hugo Azerad, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.06: French Writing and Culture: Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 3 Oct 1886
Died 22 Sep 1914
Activity 1907-1914

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Poet

Resources

Fournier's Works

Save to Bookshelf

Alain-Fournier, pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier (3 October 1886 – 22 September 1914), was born in La Chapelle-d'Angillon in the Cher department of France. The main literary success in his lifetime was his only novel

The Lost Domain

. Posthumous publications of

Miracles

a collection of poems and essays, and two volumes of correspondence have served to solidify his place as one of the major writers of 20th century French literature.

Stylistically, Alain-Fournier’s work connects French Symbolism, the nascent Modernist tendencies of the time and even touches on the theocentric, esoteric literature promoted by his mentor, the French writer and diplomat Paul Claudel. In terms of theme and subject matter, Alain-Fournier was influenced by the Bildungsroman and literature depicting young,

Please log in to consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.

2645 words

Citation: Bruncevic, Mersiha. "Alain Fournier". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 July 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12684, accessed 21 November 2024.]