- Claude Seignolle
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Claude Seignolle was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'.
Claude Seignolle was born in Perigueux in 1917. At the age of twelve his family moved to Chatenay-Malabry and he went to school in Lakanal at Sceaux where his history teacher encouraged his interests in archaeology. He was expelled from this school for absenteeism.
He later joined the French Prehistoric Society, where he met the renowned folklorist Arnold Van Gennep. With his brother Jacques, Claude toured Hurepoix for two years collecting folklore and legends, and in 1937 he co-wrote with his brother The Folklore of Hurepoix, which was praised by Pierre Mac Orlan and Blaise Cendrars.
In 1945 he published his first novel Le Rond des sorciers.
He lives in the liberation St. Montaine, still in Sologne, where he collected local folklore and stories that inspired several of his books. He is today considered one of the best French fantasists.
In November 2008 he received the Prix Alfred Verdaguer from the French Academy.[1]
A literary prize bearing his name recognizes the works relating to French folklore. It is awarded annually since 2004, in Epinal, at the Festival Imaginales.
Bibliography of works in English
- Man with Seven Wolves, The Child's World (Minn.), 1992 (novel, with Jacqueline Kergueno)
- The Accursed, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (London), 1967 (two novellas)
- The Nightcharmer: And Other Tales, Texas A&M University Press (College Station, TX), 1983 (stories)
- The Black Cupboard, Ex Occidente (Bucharest, Romania), 2010 (novella)
References
- ^ Drouet S, Claude Seignolle sous la coupole, Le Journal de la Sologne, Hiver 2008, p. 4-5
External links
- Claude Seignolle, 70 ans de couvertures, official author site
Categories:- Living people
- 1917 births
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