LITTERATURE: Anatole France 1921 - Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, FRANCE
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[FR] Buste d'Anatole France, Prix Nobel de Littérature en 1921. [EN] Bust of Anatole France, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
Waymark Code: WM14ZZF
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 09/20/2021
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[FR] > Anatole France

Né le 16 avril 1844 à Paris, Anatole François Thibault (dit Anatole France) est un écrivain français engagé. Il a notamment pris partie pour le capitaine Dreyfus. Il décide de quitter Paris en août 1914 pour rejoindre la Touraine où il fait l'acquisition d'une modeste gentilhommière, La Béchellerie, à Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. Il s'y installe en octobre 1914.

C'est au cours de son séjour à La Béchellerie que « Monsieur France » épouse sa dame de compagnie, Mademoiselle Emma Laprévote. Le mariage a lieu le 11 octobre 1920 en l’ancienne mairie école de Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.

Il reçoit le prix Nobel de littérature en 1921. Sacha Guitry lui rend hommage dans son film « Ceux de chez nous » réalisé en 1915.

Anatole France décède à La Béchellerie le 12 octobre 1924, mais il repose au cimetière ancien de Neuilly-sur-Seine.

> La statue

La statue représente le buste d'Anatole France. Il est l'œuvre du sculpture Antoine Bourdelle, qui fut l'ami d'Anatole France.

Le buste est sculpté dans une bloc de pierre de tuffeau blanc de Touraine. Le buste en lui-même mesure environ 80 cm de hauteur. Il est placé sur une simple colonne de section carrée, haute d'environ 1,40 m. La stèle est gravée de l'inscription suivante :

"ANATOLE FRANCE
PARIS 1844
SAINT CYR SUR LOIRE
1924"

[EN] > Anatole France

Born April 16, 1844 in Paris, Anatole François Thibault (known as Anatole France) is a committed French writer. He notably took part for Captain Dreyfus. He decided to leave Paris in August 1914 to join Touraine where he acquired a modest manor house, La Béchellerie, in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He moved there in October 1914.

It was during his stay at La Béchellerie that “Monsieur France” married his lady-in-waiting, Miss Emma Laprévote. The wedding took place on October 11, 1920 in the former school town hall of Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.

He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. Sacha Guitry paid tribute to him in his film “Those from home” made in 1915.

Anatole France died in La Béchellerie on October 12, 1924, but he was buried in the old cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

> The statue

The statue represents the bust of Anatole France. It is the work of the sculpture Antoine Bourdelle, who was the friend of Anatole France.

The bust is carved from a block of white tufa stone from Touraine. The bust itself is around 80cm tall. It is placed on a simple column of square section, about 1.40 m high. The stele is engraved with the following inscription:

"ANATOLE FRANCE
PARIS 1844
SAINT CYR SUR LOIRE
1924 "
Field of Accomplishment: Literature

Year of Award: 1921

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