Germaine Acremant | |
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Born | Germaine Fanny Marie Joséphine Poulain 13 June 1889 Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France |
Died | 24 August 1986 (aged 97) Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
Resting place | Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines cemetery, France |
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Language | French |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | Benedictine Convent, Corbelly Hill, Dumfries, Scotland |
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Spouse |
Albert Acremant
(m. 1911; died 1942) |
Children | Jacques Acremant |
Germaine Acremant (13 June 1889 – 24 August 1986) was a French novelist and playwright. Her best-known work is her first novel Ces dames aux chapeaux verts (These ladies with green hats), a satire of provincial life published in 1921. The Académie Française awarded her the Montyon Prize in 1940 and the Prix Alice-Louis Barthou in 1943.[1]