426:
107:, his first novel. It tells the story of Phillipe Veuly, a poet, who awakens in an insane asylum. He does not know how he got there or why, but learns this in time. He becomes enamored of a female inmate who eventually leaves, he becomes inhabited by a being from another planet, is tortured by the 'doctors' of the establishment, escapes and travels the world in search of the female ex-patient. Darkly humorous and satirical, it is considered by many to be a forgotten masterpiece of
80:(On the Threshold of Hope), which he published in 1897 at his own expense. He was 37 years old. Then to Majorca in 1898, to Tenerife in the Canaries. In Puerto de la Orotava he began his novel, finished in Andalusia. Between 1903 and 1906 he settled in Saint Tropez. In 1903, again at his own expense, he published
86:. It was a commercial failure, and was not even reviewed because the author did not send it to the critics. But he never wrote to make a living; he wrote only for his own pleasure. He relocated to Algers, then to Corsica for seven years (his record). The war caused him to return to Paris from 1916 to 1917, then to
184:
had stipulated in his will that they would award a prose work of imagination to distinguish and support a young literary debut full of promise. He rested in peace that first year. Nau was 43 years old. The author was almost completely unknown, except for a very few exotic stories in
114:
It is said that he was called Gino by family and friends and thus his name—pronounced the same as J. Nau in French; and that it is a mixture of his
American birth (John) and French heritage (Antoine); and that Nau means 'vessel' in
68:. In 1881 at the age of 21 years Nau boarded a three-master doing business in Haiti and the West Indies as a pilot's assistant. Later he became Assistant Commissioner and traveled to Colombia, Venezuela and New York.
71:
He returned to France during 1883 and married in 1885. For their honeymoon Nau and his bride went to
Martinique, planning to stay, but family obligations forced them to return to France. Nau would never return to
193:
at the time and didn't even return to Paris to claim his prize money. His "outsider" status irked many a critic, but it only increased his status among the jury and other, younger writers. In 1906
56:, California and was thus an American citizen. His father, an engineer and businessman, had emigrated from France to California about 1845 and become a naturalized citizen. Attacked by
197:: "The Prix Goncourt has really only been given once—the first time to Nau". And years later Huysmans would say, "It was the best one that we ever crowned."
466:
76:. In 1886, he lived in San Raphaél; 1887 in Piriac; then elsewhere. While living in Carteret in La Manche he wrote his first book of poetry,
287:
220:
1543:
20:
1533:
1031:
1538:
561:
459:
1462:
708:
1171:
772:
452:
1342:
1326:
1259:
325:
301:
261:
1358:
967:
155:
1528:
1523:
1502:
1486:
1414:
1023:
852:
537:
517:
159:
151:
1478:
1307:
1163:
1047:
884:
804:
60:, he died in 1864, leaving a widow and three children. In 1866 they returned to France, first to
1398:
1243:
1115:
927:
545:
243:
181:
796:
633:
1203:
1187:
983:
860:
569:
509:
501:
283:
229:
216:
1470:
1454:
1446:
1438:
1366:
1350:
1267:
1235:
1179:
1139:
1071:
975:
780:
748:
724:
673:
593:
529:
430:
279:
212:
194:
163:
116:
1494:
1422:
1334:
1283:
1131:
1079:
1063:
1055:
1007:
844:
617:
585:
167:
108:
1211:
1087:
911:
764:
649:
237:
1430:
1291:
1039:
959:
951:
665:
609:
601:
143:
139:
135:
1517:
1155:
1123:
1015:
999:
919:
868:
812:
716:
700:
692:
641:
625:
553:
476:
412:
177:
98:
53:
41:
1406:
1390:
1374:
1299:
1275:
1251:
1219:
1147:
991:
903:
876:
836:
828:
820:
788:
756:
740:
657:
521:
190:
444:
126:
Many of his works remained unedited at his death and are unpublished as of 2011.
1382:
1227:
1195:
1095:
943:
732:
207:
172:
147:
103:
82:
36:
19:
935:
577:
439:
120:
87:
73:
119:, showing his love for the sea; and that it is in homage to the Haitian poet
91:
61:
435:
57:
65:
18:
448:
94:, where he died on March 17, 1918, at the age of 57 years.
34:, was a French poet and writer most famous for his novel
327:
Vers la fée
Viviane — poetry (Toward the Fairy Vivian)
297:, translation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky (A Writer's Diary)
263:
Au seuil de l'espoir—poetry (On the
Threshold of Hope)
1316:
1105:
893:
682:
483:
306:. Librairie Léon Vanier, éditeur, A. Messein. 1904.
278:, Adaptation and Introduction by Michael Shreve,
211:(Adaptation and Introduction by Michael Shreve),
236:Jethro Bithell, ed. (1912). "The Blue Lagoon".
228:(translated by Michael Shreve), InTranslation (
460:
8:
242:. Walter Scott publishing co., ltd. p.
406:(Letters written from Corsica and Brittany)
378:—stories (The Three Loves of Benigno Reyes)
134:In 1903 a group writers gathered in Paris (
467:
453:
445:
97:In 1903, age 43, he was awarded the first
357:—novel (Therese Donati, Corsican customs)
404:Lettres écrites de Corse et de Bretagne
364:—novel (The Gallantry of Anthime Budin)
303:Hiers Bleus — poetry (Blue Yesterdays)
52:He was born on November 19, 1860, in
7:
411:Poésies antillaises. Illustrées par
385:—poetry (Mundane and Mystical Poems)
427:Works by or about John Antoine Nau
14:
376:Les Trois Amours de Benigno Reyes
392:—stories (Caribbean Archipelago)
345:—poetry (Following the Seagulls)
362:Les Galanteries d'Anthime Budin
123:; or all or none of the above.
1:
355:Thérèse Donati, moeurs corses
383:Poèmes triviaux et mystiques
338:—novel (Christobal the Poet)
1544:20th-century French writers
1032:André Pieyre de Mandiargues
32:Eugène Léon Édouard Torquet
1560:
371:—novel (Apprentice Pilots)
239:Contemporary French poetry
562:Alphonse de Châteaubriant
349:Posthumous Publications:
709:Maurice Constantin-Weyer
314:—novel (The Love Lender)
180:(by a vote of 6 to 4).
773:Maxence Van der Meersch
343:En suivant les goélands
30:(1860–1918), real name
40:, which won the first
24:
16:French poet and writer
1534:Prix Goncourt winners
1343:Jacques-Pierre Amette
1327:Jean-Christophe Rufin
1260:Didier Van Cauwelaert
295:Journal d'un écrivain
22:
1503:Jean-Baptiste Andrea
1487:Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
1024:Edmonde Charles-Roux
853:Jean-Jacques Gautier
538:Francis de Miomandre
330:. La Phalange. 1908.
266:. Leon Vanier. 1897.
201:English translations
189:. He was living in
78:Au seuil de l'espoir
1539:French male writers
1308:Jean-Jacques Schuhl
1164:Dominique Fernandez
1399:Michel Houellebecq
1359:François Weyergans
1244:Patrick Chamoiseau
1116:Patrick Grainville
968:André Schwarz-Bart
928:Simone de Beauvoir
546:Marius-Ary Leblond
336:Cristobal le Poète
312:Le Prêteur d'amour
226:"The Emerald Eyes"
182:Edmond de Goncourt
25:
1511:
1510:
1204:Tahar Ben Jelloun
1172:Frédérick Tristan
861:Jean-Louis Curtis
475:Laureates of the
416:(Antillean Poems)
397:Lettres exotiques
288:978-1-935558-49-1
248:John Antoine Nau.
230:The Brooklyn Rail
221:978-1-935558-49-1
1551:
1501:
1493:
1485:
1479:Hervé Le Tellier
1477:
1471:Jean-Paul Dubois
1469:
1461:
1453:
1445:
1437:
1429:
1421:
1413:
1405:
1397:
1389:
1381:
1373:
1367:Jonathan Littell
1365:
1357:
1349:
1341:
1333:
1325:
1306:
1298:
1290:
1282:
1274:
1266:
1258:
1250:
1242:
1236:Pierre Combescot
1234:
1226:
1218:
1210:
1202:
1194:
1186:
1180:Marguerite Duras
1178:
1170:
1162:
1154:
1146:
1140:Antonine Maillet
1138:
1130:
1122:
1114:
1094:
1086:
1078:
1070:
1062:
1054:
1048:Félicien Marceau
1046:
1038:
1030:
1022:
1014:
1006:
998:
990:
982:
974:
966:
958:
950:
942:
934:
926:
918:
910:
902:
883:
875:
867:
859:
851:
843:
835:
827:
819:
811:
805:Francis Ambrière
803:
795:
787:
781:Charles Plisnier
779:
771:
763:
755:
747:
739:
731:
725:Henri Fauconnier
723:
715:
707:
699:
691:
674:Maurice Genevoix
672:
664:
656:
648:
640:
632:
624:
616:
608:
600:
592:
584:
576:
568:
560:
552:
544:
536:
528:
516:
508:
500:
494:John Antoine Nau
492:
469:
462:
455:
446:
436:John-Antoine Nau
431:Internet Archive
399:(Exotic Letters)
390:Archipel caraïbe
331:
307:
280:Black Coat Press
267:
250:
232:), August, 2009.
213:Black Coat Press
187:La Revue Blanche
156:Lucien Desclaves
28:John Antoine Nau
23:John Antoine Nau
1559:
1558:
1554:
1553:
1552:
1550:
1549:
1548:
1514:
1513:
1512:
1507:
1499:
1495:Brigitte Giraud
1491:
1483:
1475:
1467:
1463:Nicolas Mathieu
1459:
1451:
1443:
1435:
1427:
1423:Pierre Lemaitre
1419:
1411:
1403:
1395:
1387:
1379:
1371:
1363:
1355:
1347:
1339:
1335:Pascal Quignard
1331:
1323:
1312:
1304:
1296:
1288:
1284:Patrick Rambaud
1280:
1272:
1264:
1256:
1248:
1240:
1232:
1224:
1216:
1208:
1200:
1192:
1184:
1176:
1168:
1160:
1152:
1144:
1136:
1132:Patrick Modiano
1128:
1120:
1112:
1101:
1092:
1084:
1080:Jacques Chessex
1076:
1068:
1064:Jacques Laurent
1060:
1056:Michel Tournier
1052:
1044:
1036:
1028:
1020:
1012:
1008:Georges Conchon
1004:
996:
988:
980:
972:
964:
956:
948:
940:
932:
924:
916:
908:
900:
889:
881:
873:
865:
857:
849:
845:Jean-Louis Bory
841:
833:
825:
817:
809:
801:
797:Philippe Hériat
793:
785:
777:
769:
761:
753:
745:
737:
729:
721:
713:
705:
697:
689:
678:
670:
662:
654:
646:
638:
634:Ernest Pérochon
630:
622:
618:Georges Duhamel
614:
606:
598:
590:
586:Adrien Bertrand
582:
574:
566:
558:
550:
542:
534:
526:
514:
506:
498:
490:
479:
473:
423:
324:
300:
260:
257:
235:
203:
168:Gustave Geffroy
152:Paul Marguerite
146:, the brothers
132:
109:science fiction
50:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1557:
1555:
1547:
1546:
1541:
1536:
1531:
1526:
1516:
1515:
1509:
1508:
1506:
1505:
1497:
1489:
1481:
1473:
1465:
1457:
1449:
1441:
1433:
1431:Lydie Salvayre
1425:
1417:
1415:Jérôme Ferrari
1409:
1401:
1393:
1385:
1377:
1369:
1361:
1353:
1345:
1337:
1329:
1320:
1318:
1314:
1313:
1311:
1310:
1302:
1294:
1292:Paule Constant
1286:
1278:
1270:
1262:
1254:
1246:
1238:
1230:
1222:
1214:
1206:
1198:
1190:
1188:Yann Queffélec
1182:
1174:
1166:
1158:
1150:
1142:
1134:
1126:
1118:
1109:
1107:
1103:
1102:
1100:
1099:
1090:
1082:
1074:
1066:
1058:
1050:
1042:
1040:Bernard Clavel
1034:
1026:
1018:
1010:
1002:
994:
986:
978:
970:
962:
960:Francis Walder
954:
952:Roger Vailland
946:
938:
930:
922:
914:
906:
897:
895:
891:
890:
888:
887:
879:
871:
863:
855:
847:
839:
831:
823:
815:
807:
799:
791:
783:
775:
767:
759:
751:
743:
735:
727:
719:
711:
703:
695:
686:
684:
680:
679:
677:
676:
668:
666:Thierry Sandre
660:
652:
644:
636:
628:
620:
612:
610:Henry Malherbe
604:
602:Henri Barbusse
596:
588:
580:
572:
570:André Savignon
564:
556:
548:
540:
532:
524:
518:Jérôme Tharaud
512:
510:Claude Farrère
504:
496:
487:
485:
481:
480:
474:
472:
471:
464:
457:
449:
443:
442:
438:at the French
433:
422:
421:External links
419:
418:
417:
407:
400:
393:
386:
379:
372:
365:
358:
347:
346:
339:
332:
322:
315:
308:
298:
291:
268:
256:
253:
252:
251:
233:
223:
202:
199:
170:) and awarded
160:Élémir Bourges
140:Octave Mirbeau
136:J. K. Huysmans
131:
128:
49:
46:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1556:
1545:
1542:
1540:
1537:
1535:
1532:
1530:
1527:
1525:
1522:
1521:
1519:
1504:
1498:
1496:
1490:
1488:
1482:
1480:
1474:
1472:
1466:
1464:
1458:
1456:
1455:Éric Vuillard
1450:
1448:
1447:Leïla Slimani
1442:
1440:
1439:Mathias Énard
1434:
1432:
1426:
1424:
1418:
1416:
1410:
1408:
1402:
1400:
1394:
1392:
1386:
1384:
1378:
1376:
1370:
1368:
1362:
1360:
1354:
1352:
1351:Laurent Gaudé
1346:
1344:
1338:
1336:
1330:
1328:
1322:
1321:
1319:
1315:
1309:
1303:
1301:
1295:
1293:
1287:
1285:
1279:
1277:
1271:
1269:
1268:Andreï Makine
1263:
1261:
1255:
1253:
1247:
1245:
1239:
1237:
1231:
1229:
1223:
1221:
1215:
1213:
1207:
1205:
1199:
1197:
1191:
1189:
1183:
1181:
1175:
1173:
1167:
1165:
1159:
1157:
1156:Lucien Bodard
1151:
1149:
1143:
1141:
1135:
1133:
1127:
1125:
1124:Didier Decoin
1119:
1117:
1111:
1110:
1108:
1104:
1098:(Romain Gary)
1097:
1091:
1089:
1083:
1081:
1075:
1073:
1072:Jean Carrière
1067:
1065:
1059:
1057:
1051:
1049:
1043:
1041:
1035:
1033:
1027:
1025:
1019:
1017:
1016:Jacques Borel
1011:
1009:
1003:
1001:
1000:Armand Lanoux
995:
993:
987:
985:
979:
977:
976:Vintilă Horia
971:
969:
963:
961:
955:
953:
947:
945:
939:
937:
931:
929:
923:
921:
920:Pierre Gascar
915:
913:
907:
905:
899:
898:
896:
892:
886:
880:
878:
872:
870:
869:Maurice Druon
864:
862:
856:
854:
848:
846:
840:
838:
832:
830:
824:
822:
816:
814:
813:Henri Pourrat
808:
806:
800:
798:
792:
790:
784:
782:
776:
774:
768:
766:
760:
758:
752:
750:
749:André Malraux
744:
742:
736:
734:
728:
726:
720:
718:
717:Marcel Arland
712:
710:
704:
702:
701:Maurice Bedel
696:
694:
693:Henri Deberly
688:
687:
685:
681:
675:
669:
667:
661:
659:
653:
651:
645:
643:
637:
635:
629:
627:
626:Marcel Proust
621:
619:
613:
611:
605:
603:
597:
595:
594:René Benjamin
589:
587:
581:
579:
573:
571:
565:
563:
557:
555:
554:Louis Pergaud
549:
547:
541:
539:
533:
531:
530:Émile Moselly
525:
523:
519:
513:
511:
505:
503:
497:
495:
489:
488:
486:
482:
478:
477:Prix Goncourt
470:
465:
463:
458:
456:
451:
450:
447:
441:
437:
434:
432:
428:
425:
424:
420:
415:
414:
413:Henri Matisse
408:
405:
401:
398:
394:
391:
387:
384:
380:
377:
373:
370:
366:
363:
359:
356:
352:
351:
350:
344:
340:
337:
333:
329:
328:
323:
320:
316:
313:
309:
305:
304:
299:
296:
292:
289:
285:
281:
277:
273:
272:Force ennemie
269:
265:
264:
259:
258:
254:
249:
245:
241:
240:
234:
231:
227:
224:
222:
218:
214:
210:
209:
205:
204:
200:
198:
196:
195:Paul Léautaud
192:
188:
183:
179:
178:Prix Goncourt
175:
174:
169:
165:
164:Léon Hennique
161:
157:
153:
149:
145:
141:
137:
130:Prix Goncourt
129:
127:
124:
122:
118:
112:
110:
106:
105:
100:
99:Prix Goncourt
95:
93:
89:
85:
84:
79:
75:
69:
67:
63:
59:
55:
54:San Francisco
47:
45:
43:
42:Prix Goncourt
39:
38:
33:
29:
21:
1407:Alexis Jenni
1391:Marie NDiaye
1375:Gilles Leroy
1317:2001–present
1300:Jean Echenoz
1276:Pascale Roze
1252:Amin Maalouf
1220:Jean Vautrin
1212:Érik Orsenna
1148:Yves Navarre
1088:Pascal Lainé
992:Anna Langfus
912:Béatrix Beck
904:Julien Gracq
877:Robert Merle
837:Elsa Triolet
829:Marius Grout
821:Marc Bernard
789:Henri Troyat
765:Joseph Peyré
757:Roger Vercel
741:Guy Mazeline
658:Lucien Fabre
650:Henri Béraud
522:Jean Tharaud
493:
410:
403:
396:
389:
382:
375:
368:
361:
354:
348:
342:
335:
326:
318:
311:
302:
294:
275:
271:
262:
255:Publications
247:
238:
225:
206:
191:Saint Tropez
186:
171:
133:
125:
113:
102:
96:
81:
77:
70:
64:and then to
51:
35:
31:
27:
26:
1529:1918 deaths
1524:1860 births
1383:Atiq Rahimi
1228:Jean Rouaud
1196:Michel Host
944:Romain Gary
733:Jean Fayard
502:Léon Frapié
276:Enemy Force
208:Enemy Force
173:Enemy Force
144:Léon Daudet
104:Enemy Force
83:Enemy Force
37:Enemy Force
1518:Categories
1096:Émile Ajar
936:Roger Ikor
885:Paul Colin
642:René Maran
578:Marc Elder
440:Wikisource
176:the first
121:Ignace Nau
74:Martinique
1106:1976–2000
894:1951–1975
683:1926–1950
484:1903–1925
319:La Gennia
282:, 2010.
44:in 1903.
984:Jean Cau
369:Pilotins
274:—novel (
215:, 2010,
92:Brittany
62:Le Havre
429:at the
409:1972:
402:1949:
395:1933
388:1929:
381:1924:
374:1923:
367:1923:
360:1923:
353:1921:
117:Catalan
88:Tréboul
341:1914:
334:1912:
321:—novel
317:1906:
310:1905:
293:1904:
286:
270:1903:
219:
58:typhus
148:Rosny
66:Paris
1500:2023
1492:2022
1484:2021
1476:2020
1468:2019
1460:2018
1452:2017
1444:2016
1436:2015
1428:2014
1420:2013
1412:2012
1404:2011
1396:2010
1388:2009
1380:2008
1372:2007
1364:2006
1356:2005
1348:2004
1340:2003
1332:2002
1324:2001
1305:2000
1297:1999
1289:1998
1281:1997
1273:1996
1265:1995
1257:1994
1249:1993
1241:1992
1233:1991
1225:1990
1217:1989
1209:1988
1201:1987
1193:1986
1185:1985
1177:1984
1169:1983
1161:1982
1153:1981
1145:1980
1137:1979
1129:1978
1121:1977
1113:1976
1093:1975
1085:1974
1077:1973
1069:1972
1061:1971
1053:1970
1045:1969
1037:1968
1029:1967
1021:1966
1013:1965
1005:1964
997:1963
989:1962
981:1961
973:1960
965:1959
957:1958
949:1957
941:1956
933:1955
925:1954
917:1953
909:1952
901:1951
882:1950
874:1949
866:1948
858:1947
850:1946
842:1945
834:1944
826:1943
818:1942
810:1941
802:1940
794:1939
786:1938
778:1937
770:1936
762:1935
754:1934
746:1933
738:1932
730:1931
722:1930
714:1929
706:1928
698:1927
690:1926
671:1925
663:1924
655:1923
647:1922
639:1921
631:1920
623:1919
615:1918
607:1917
599:1916
591:1915
583:1914
575:1913
567:1912
559:1911
551:1910
543:1909
535:1908
527:1907
520:and
515:1906
507:1905
499:1904
491:1903
284:ISBN
217:ISBN
101:for
48:Life
90:in
1520::
246:.
244:97
166:,
162:,
158:,
154:,
150:,
142:,
138:,
111:.
468:e
461:t
454:v
290:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
