Édouard Estaunié
Édouard Estaunié (4 February 1862 in Dijon – 2 April 1942 in Paris) was a French novelist.[1][2] Estaunié trained as a scientist and engineer, working at the Post and Telepgraph service and training further in Holland, before turning to the novel in 1891. In 1904, he devised the word "telecommunication". He was elected to the Académie française in 1923. He was also a reviewer, critic, and homme de lettres as well as a novelist.
Novels[edit]
- Un simple (1891)
- Bonne Dame (1891)
- Le Ferment (1899)
- Les choses voyent (1913)
- L'ascension de M. Baslèvre (1920)
- L'appel de la route (1921)
- L'infirme aux mains de lumière (1923)
References[edit]
- ^ Scheifley, William H. (1926). The Modern Language Journal. National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations. pp. 357–364.
- ^ Crane, Christina (1954). "A Study of the Priest Type in the Novels of Édouard Estaunié". The French Review. 27 (4): 259–268. ISSN 0016-111X. JSTOR 382915.
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