Maxence Van der Meersch
Maxence Van der Meersch (Roubaix, 1907 – Le Touquet, 1951) was a French writer whose work falls within social realism and worker Catholicism. Trained as a lawyer, he soon left his professional practice to dedicate himself to literature, sensitively portraying the life of the working classes in northern France. His conversion to Catholicism in 1936 deeply marked his literary output.
Among his most notable works are The House of the Dunes (1932), When the Sirens Fall Silent (1933), The Mark of God (1936), which earned him the Goncourt Prize, and Bodies and Souls (1943), awarded the Grand Prize of the French Academy. His trilogy The Poor Daughter (1934–1955) and Invasion 14 (1935) are also representative of his committed and humanist style.
Among his most notable works are The House of the Dunes (1932), When the Sirens Fall Silent (1933), The Mark of God (1936), which earned him the Goncourt Prize, and Bodies and Souls (1943), awarded the Grand Prize of the French Academy. His trilogy The Poor Daughter (1934–1955) and Invasion 14 (1935) are also representative of his committed and humanist style.
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