Henry Bordeaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Bordeaux

French writer

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1870

Place of Birth: Thonon-les-Bains, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1963

Profession: writer, lawyer, journalist, novelist, essayist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Henry Bordeaux

  • Henry Bordeaux (25 January 1870 – 29 March 1963) was a French writer and lawyer. Bordeaux came from a family of lawyers of Savoy.
  • He was born in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie.
  • His grandfather was a magistrate and his father served on the ChambĂ©ry bar.
  • During his early life, he relocated between Savoy and Paris and the tensions between provincial and city life influenced his writings.
  • In his professional life he observed closely the dissolution of numerous families and analysed the causes and consequences of these.
  • From the age of seventeen he spent three years in Paris studying law.
  • Then he returned to practice law in Savoy.
  • He returned to Paris after the publication of his first book during 1894.
  • When his father died in 1896 he returned to Savoy. The writings of Bordeaux reflect the values of traditional provincial Catholic communities.
  • One recurring theme is loyalty.
  • Loyalty is pervasive, and it applies to family, country and God.
  • This theme is particularly evidenced in the novels "La Peur de vivre" and "Les Roquevillard." Bordeaux was elected to the AcadĂ©mie française on 22 May 1919.
  • This elite group of writers, popularly known as the "immortals," are responsible for establishing and maintaining the grammar, usage and acceptance of vocabulary into standard French. He was a contributor to Le Visage de l'Italie, a 1929 book about Italy prefaced by Benito Mussolini.Bordeaux died in Paris in 1963.

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