Claude Seignolle
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Claude Seignolle (25 June 1917[1] – 13 July 2018)[2] was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'.
Early and later life
At the age of twelve his family moved to
He later joined the French Prehistoric Society, where he met the renowned folklorist
He lived in the liberation St. Montaine, still in Sologne, where he collected local folklore and stories that inspired several of his books. Seignolle wrote several books of supernatural horror, including The Accursed.[3] He is considered by some to be one of the best French fantasists; Lawrence Durrell has written of Seignolle: "The devils, the werewolves and the vampires...appear in his novels as disturbing realities, and the attitude he adopts towards them is so matter-of-fact that the reader rapidly finds himself believing in them...."[3] Horror historian R.S. Hadji included Seignolle on his list of the greatest horror writers.[4]
He turned 100 in June 2017[5] and died in July 2018 at the age of 101.[6]
Awards
In November 2008 he received the Prix Alfred Verdaguer from the French Academy.[7]
A literary prize bearing his name recognizes the works relating to French folklore. It is awarded annually since 2004, in Épinal, at the Festival Imaginales.
Bibliography of works in English
- Man with Seven Wolves, The Child's World (Minn.), 1992 (novel, with Jacqueline Kergueno)
- The Accursed, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (London), 1967 (two novellas)
- The Nightcharmer: And Other Tales, Texas A&M University Press (College Station, Texas), 1983 (stories)
- The Black Cupboard, Ex Occidente (Bucharest, Romania), 2010 (novella)
References
- ISBN 2051003106.
- ^ Claude Seignolle, l'insaisissable centenaire (in French)
- ^ a b Franz Rottensteiner,
The Fantasy Book:an illustrated history from Dracula to Tolkien. Collier Books, 1978, (p. 140). ISBN 0-02-053560-0
- ^ "13 Supreme Masters of Weird Fiction" by R.S Hadji.Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, May–June 1983. [1] (p. 84)
- ^ "Dordogne : l'Écrivain Claude Seignolle a 100 ans".
- ^ "Claude Seignolle : Le diable en sabots s'en est allé". 14 July 2018.
- ^ Drouet S, Claude Seignolle sous la coupole, Le Journal de la Sologne, Hiver 2008, p. 4-5
External links
- Claude Seignolle, 70 ans de couvertures, official author site