In the history of literature, Alain-Fournier is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Alain-Fournier as French writer.
Alain-Fournier was born at La Chapelle-d'Angillon in 1886. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand and Lycée Lakanal.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
The record gives his occupations as writer and novelist.
His principal work is Le Grand Meaulnes. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold.
His work was formally recognised with the mort pour la France.
That the work was done from France matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Alain-Fournier died in 1914 at the age of 28. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Le Grand Meaulnes
- Educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Lakanal and Lycée Voltaire
- Worked as writer and novelist
