author
Henri Deberly
1882–1947
Best known for the novel that won France’s Prix Goncourt in 1926, this French writer explored desire, guilt, and psychological tension with a cool, elegant touch. His work belongs to the rich literary world of early 20th-century France.
3 Audiobooks
Le supplice de Phèdre : roman
by Henri Deberly
L'impudente
by Henri Deberly
L'Arc-en-Ciel
by Henri Deberly
About the author
Born in Amiens in 1882 and died in Viroflay in 1947, Henri Deberly was a French writer and journalist. He is most often remembered as the winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1926 for Le Supplice de Phèdre, the novel that brought him his widest recognition.
Deberly wrote fiction centered on inner conflict and complicated human relationships, and Le Supplice de Phèdre is especially noted for its intense psychological focus. His career places him among the French novelists who helped shape literary life between the wars.
Though he is less widely read today than some of his contemporaries, his name still carries weight in French literary history because of the Goncourt Prize and the lasting interest in his best-known novel.