Henriette Charasson
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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]
Henriette Charasson | |
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| Born | 6 January 1884 Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France |
| Died | 24 December 1972 (aged 88) Châteauroux, Indre, France |
| Other names | Orion |
| Spouse | René Johannet |
Biography
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.
Publications
Novel
Poetry
Drama
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Biography
Essays
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Awards
Charasson's honors are from the Académie Française:
- Prix Montyon in 1921
- Prix Fabien in 1925
- Prix d'Académie in 1929, 1935 and 1942
- Prix Paul-Hervieu in 1933
- Prix d'Aumale in 1939
- Prix Alice-Louis Barthou in 1947
- Prix Véga et Lods de Wegmann in 1955 and 1960
- Prix Broquette-Gonin in 1963
- Prix Valentine de Wolmar in 1969
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