Nationality French Name Rene Boylesve | Role Writer | |
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Notable awards Election to the Academie francaise in 1919 Books La Becquee, Oeuvres de Rene Boylesve | ||
René Boylesve (14 April 1867 in La Haye-Descartes – 14 January 1926 in Paris), born René Marie Auguste Tardiveau, was a French writer and a literary critic.
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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.
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