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Gabriel Faure
1877–1962
A French poet, novelist, and essayist, he became especially known for books inspired by Italy and for a literary career honored several times by the Académie française.
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Paysages Passionnés
by Gabriel Faure
About the author
Born on May 15, 1877, and died on August 5, 1962, Gabriel Faure was a French writer whose work ranged across poetry, fiction, and essays. Reliable reference sources describe him as an author of many books about Italy, a subject that became one of the clearest threads running through his career.
His writing earned major recognition in France. Sources note that he received five prizes from the Académie française, including a Grand Prix de Littérature honoring his body of work.
Faure is remembered today as a versatile man of letters with a strong interest in Italian culture, and as a writer whose reputation rested on both the breadth of his output and the esteem it won during his lifetime.