Alain-Fournier

Alain-Fournier, pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, born October 3, 1886 in La Chapelle-d'Angillon in Cher and died in combat on September 22, 1914 (aged 27) in Saint-Remy-la-Calonne, is a French writer whose only work, which has remained famous, is Le Grand Meaulnes (1913).

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Traces of the Grand Meaulnes in The bridge crossed (1921) by Jean Paulhan

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Bibliography of texts published in the NRF

The texts below, published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, are grouped into four main sets: texts by Alain-Fournier, notes and columns by the author, texts about the author, and, when available, translations by the author.

Texts by Alain-Fournier

1. Portrait, 1911-09-01
2. Le Grand Meaulnes (I), 1913-07-01
3. Le grand Meaulnes (II), 1913-08-01
4. Le Grand Meaulnes (III), 1913-09-01
5. Le Grand Meaulnes (IV), 1913-10-01
6. Le Grand Meaulnes (fin), 1913-11-01
7. Colombe Blanchet (Fragment), 1922-12-01

Notes by Alain-Fournier

These texts by Alain-Fournier may include reading notes, mood notes, performance reviews, miscellaneous pieces, or previously unpublished texts. They appeared in NRF sections such as Chronique des romans, L'air du mois, Le temps comme il passe, etc., or in tribute issues.

1. Correspondance, 1925-04-01, Inédits

Texts about Alain-Fournier

These texts may include thematic studies about the author, correspondence, reading notes on works by or about the author, interviews conducted by the author, or works edited by the author.

1. Alain-Fournier, by Anonymes, 1920-09-01, Revue des revues
2. Alain-Fournier, by Jacques Rivière, 1922-12-01, articles
3. Aussitôt après avoir avoir achevé le Grand Meaulnes, Alain-Fournier..., by Jacques Rivière, 1922-12-01, articles
4. Alain-Fournier (Fin), by Jacques Rivière, 1923-02-01, articles
5. Correspondance de Jacques Rivière et d'Alain-Fournier (Éditions de la N. R. F.), by Ramon Fernandez, 1927-01-01, Notes : littérature générale
6. Alain-Fournier et Le Grand Meaulnes, by Marcel Arland, 1938-11-01, Essais critiques

Chronological distribution of texts published in the NRF (1908-1968)

This chart shows the chronological distribution of texts across the four categories defined above: Texts, Notes, Translations, and Texts about the author.