Francis Carco

Francis Carco (1886-1958) was a French author, born at Nouméa, New Caledonia. He was a poet, belonging to the "Fantaisiste" school, a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for "L'Homme libre" and "Gil Blas". During the War he became aviation pilot at Etampes, after studying at the aviation school there. His works are picturesque, painting as they do the street life of Montmartre, and being written often in the "argot" of Paris. He has been called the "romancier des apaches." Carco held the ninth seat at Acadmie Goncourt from 1937-1958. He is buried in Cimetire de Bagneux. He was the author of:
* "Instincts" (1911)
* "Jésus-la-Caille (novel, 1914)
* "Les Innocents" (1917)
* "Au coin des rues" (tales, 1918, 1922)
* "Les Malheurs de Fernande" (sequel to "Jésus-la-Caille" 1918)
* "Les Mystères de la Morgue ou le Fiancées du IVº arrondissement. Roman gai" (1918)
* "L'Equipe" (1919)
* "La Poésie" (1919)
* "Francis Carco, raconté par lui-meme" (1921; in the collection "Ceux dont on parle", directed by Marc Saunier)
* "Promenades pittoresques à Montmarte" (1922)
* "Vérotchka l"Etrangère ou le Gout du malheur" (1923), a novel which was sharply criticized by the French reviews. His other works include: "Petits airs" (poems) and "Maman Petitdoigt".
* "Le Roman de François Villon" (1926), a heavily fictionalised biography of the 15th century poet.
* "Brumes" (1935)

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* Grand prix du roman de l'Acadmie franaise

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