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Louis de Robert
1871–1937
A French novelist and critic from the Belle Époque, he is best remembered for winning the Prix Femina in 1911. His work moved between fiction, essays, and literary journalism, with a style shaped by the lively Paris literary world of his time.
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Le roman du malade
by Louis de Robert
Paroles d'un solitaire
by Louis de Robert
About the author
Born in Paris in 1871, Louis de Robert was a French writer, novelist, and critic whose career unfolded in the rich literary culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He wrote novels, essays, and reviews, and became known as a steady presence in French letters rather than a single-book sensation.
His best-known distinction came in 1911, when he won the Prix Femina, a major French literary prize. Bibliographic records from the Bibliothèque nationale de France also show a long body of work across several decades, including novels published well into the 1930s, which suggests a durable and active writing life.
He died in Sannois in 1937. Today, he is remembered as part of the broader world of French literary modernity: a writer connected to the journal and review culture of his era, and one whose work still offers a window into the tastes and conversations of prewar and interwar France.