Pierre Benoît (16 July 1886 – 3 March 1962) was a French novelist and member of the Académie française.

Pierre Benoit, born in Albi (southern France) was the son of a French soldier. Benoit spent his early years and military service in Northern Africa, before becoming a civil servant. His first novel, Koenigsmark, was published during 1918; L'Atlantide was published the next year and was awarded the Grand Prize of the Académie française. Benoit became a member of the Académie during 1931.

He died in March 1962 at Ciboure.

[edit] Selected bibliography

• Koenigsmark (1918)
• L'Atlantide (1919; transl. as The Queen Of Atlantis, 1920)
• La Chaussée des Géants (The Giant's Causeway) (1922)
• L'Oublié (The Forgotten Man) (1922)
• Le Puit de Jacob (Jacob's Well) (1925)
• Le Roi Lépreux (The Leper King) (1927)
• Axelle (1928)
• Le Soleil de Minuit (The Midnight Sun) (1930)
• L'Homme qui était trop grand (The Man Who Was Too Tall) (1936)
• Bethsabée (1938)
• Lunegarde (Moonkeep) (1942)
• L'Oiseau des Ruines (The Ruins Bird) (1947)
• Aïno (1948)
• Les Agriates (1950)
• La Sainte Vehme (The Holy Vehme) (1954)
• Villeperdue (Lost City) (1954)
• Montsalvat (1957)

[edit] External links

• Works by Pierre Benoit at Internet Archive
• Atlantida at Project Gutenberg

Preceded by Georges de Porto-Riche

Seat 6 Académie française 1931–1962

Succeeded by Jean Paulhan

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