René Boylesve

René Boylesve (French pronunciation: [ʁəne bwalɛv]; 14 April 1867 in La Haye-Descartes – 14 January 1926 in Paris), born René Marie Auguste Tardiveau ([ʁəne maʁi oɡyst taʁdivo]), was a French writer and a literary critic.

Biography

Boylesve was orphaned early and went to school in Poitiers and Tours. In 1895 he began to publish articles in various journals. He is considered the heir of Honoré de Balzac and precursor of Marcel Proust. In 1919 he was inducted into the Académie française.

Bibliography

Dictionnaire des lettres françaises, sixth volume: Le xxe siècle. LGF-Le Livre de Poche, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-253-13109-1 (in French)

Jean Ménard: L'oeuvre de René Boylesve. Librairie Nizet, Paris 1956 (in French)

Marc Piguet: René Boylesve, l’Homme à la balustrade. Éditions Pays et Terroirs, Cholet 2007 (in French)

François Trémouilloux: René Boylesve, Romancier du sensible, Presses Universitaires François Rabelais, Tours 2010 (in French)