Édouard Estaunié
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Édouard Estaunié
Édouard Estaunié (4 February 1862 in Dijon – 2 April 1942 in Paris) was a French novelist. Estaunié trained as a scientist and engineer before turning to the novel in 1891. In 1904, he devised the word "telecommunication". He was elected to the Académie française in 1923. He was also a reviewer, critic, and homme de lettres as well as a novelist.
Novels
- Un simple (1891)
- Bonne Dame (1891)
- Le Ferment (1899)
- Les choses voyent (1913)
- L'ascension de M. Baslèvre (1920)
- L'appel de la route (1921)
- L'infirme aux mains de lumière (1923)
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| Preceded by | Seat 24 Académie française 1923-1942 |
Succeeded by Louis-Pasteur Vallery-Radot |
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- French electrical engineers
- École Polytechnique alumni
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- 1862 births
- 1942 deaths
- People from Dijon
- Members of the Académie Française
- 19th-century French novelists
- 20th-century French novelists
- Prix Femina winners
- French male novelists
- 19th-century French male writers
- 20th-century French male writers
- French novelist, 19th-century birth stubs
