Francis Ambrière [SEP] place of birth
Francis Ambrière
Francis Ambrière (27 September 1907, Paris – 1 July 1998) was a French author who was selected for the Prix Goncourt in 1940, for his book "Les Grandes Vacances"; the prize was awarded in 1946 because of World War II.
Biography.
Francis Ambriere has been recognized for his novel "Les Grandes Vacances", which chronicles the lives of French prisoners of war in 1940. It is also the author of several "Guides bleus" for example in Paris in 1949, and
- "Le solitaire de la Cervara", V. Attinger, 1947
- "The exiled", Staples Press, 1951
- "Le Maroc", Les Documents d'art, 1952
- "Théâtre et collectivité", Flammarion, 1953
- "Le Siecle des Valmore", Seuil, 1987
- "Mademoiselle Mars et Marie Dorval: au théâtre et dans la vie", Seuil, 1992
- "Talma, ou l'histoire au théâtre", Madeleine Ambrière, Francis Ambrière, Éditions de Fallois,