Alain-Fournier

Henri Alban Fournier, known as Alain-Fournier, was born on 3 October 1886 at La Chapelle-d'Angillon, in the Cher, the son of a schoolteacher. He became close to Jacques Rivière, who became his brother-in-law, and twice failed the entrance examination for the École normale supérieure. After his military service, he was an editor at Paris-Journal from 1910. Mobilised in August 1914, a lieutenant in the 288th infantry regiment, he died on 22 September 1914 near Verdun; his remains were not identified until 1991.

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• NovelThe Lost EstateLe Grand MeaulnesAlain-Fournier · 1913LiteraturePublic domain