author
Pierre de Lacretelle
1886–1969
A French man of letters with a strong taste for literary history, he wrote lively studies of major figures including Lamartine and Madame de Staël. His work has the feel of criticism, biography, and cultural portrait all at once.
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Les Origines et la Jeunesse de Lamartine 1790-1812
by Pierre de Lacretelle
About the author
Born in 1886 and died in 1969, Pierre de Lacretelle was a French writer and literary historian. Library and academy records identify him as the author of works such as Les origines et la jeunesse de Lamartine and Madame de Staël et les hommes.
His books show a clear interest in writers as people as well as public figures. Rather than treating literature as something abstract, he often approached it through lives, relationships, and the social world around great authors.
Available reference sources confirm his place in the Lacretelle family of letters, and some describe him as the brother of the novelist and academician Jacques de Lacretelle. Even from the brief record that survives online, he comes across as a graceful guide to French literary history.