Henriette Charasson


Henriette Charasson was a French author of Catholic themes who was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Biography

Charasson was born on 6 January 1884 in Le Havre, France.
During World War I, Charasson joined the Action Française. She wrote for La Croix and L'Action Française on several occasions under the pseudonym Orion, which increased her notoriety in intellectual and masculine nationalist circles. She later became a contributor for La Dépêche tunisienne as a literary critic for twenty-five years.
Upon reading the works of Charles Maurras, Charasson expressed that her belief in God was awakened. She said: "For me, I repeat, encountering the works of Charles Maurras, who is not a believer, was my first step on the road to Damascus." Her marriage in 1920 to the journalist René Johannet led to her eventual conversion to Catholicism. After the condemnation of Action Française by the Pope Pius XI in 1926, Charasson turned away from the movement.
She died on 24 December 1972 on Châteauroux, France.

Publications

Novel

  • ''Grigri''

Poetry

Attente: 1914-1917 Les Heures du foyer Mon Seigneur et mon Dieu! Sur la plus haute branche Attente de la délivrance: 1939-1944
  • ''Le Sacrifice du soir: 1947-1953''

Drama

Le Saut du diable En chemin de fer Une robe de soie Madame est sans bonne Les Réalités invisibles Séparation Bal masqué Ruptures Autour d'un berceau
  • ''Dix comédies à une voix''

Biography

Jules Tellier: 1863-1889
  • ''Une Âme élue: sœur Claire de Jésus, religieuse bénédictine ''

Essays

Faut-il supprimer le gynécée? M. de Porto-Riche ou le Racine juif Deux petits hommes et leur mère La Mère L'Amour et quelques couples Le Livre de mon enfant
  • ''Une mère se souvient''

Awards

Charasson's honors are from the Académie Française: