Claude Farrère
French Navy officer and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Claude Farrère, pseudonym of Frédéric-Charles Bargone (27 April 1876, in Lyon – 21 June 1957, in Paris), was a French Navy officer and writer. Many of his novels are based in exotic locations such as Istanbul, Saigon, or Nagasaki.
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Born | Frédéric Charles Pierre Édouard Bargone 27 April 1876, 1876 6th arrondissement of Lyon |
Died | 21 June 1957, 1957 (aged 81) 5th arrondissement of Paris |
Occupation | Writer |
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One of his novels, Les Civilisés, about life in French colonial Indochina, won the third Prix Goncourt for 1905. He was elected to a chair at the Académie Française on 26 March 1935, in competition with Paul Claudel, partly thanks to lobbying efforts by Pierre Benoit.