Jacques de Lacretelle
(1888-1985)

Died aged 96

Jacques de Lacretelle (14 July 1888 in Cormatin, Saône-et-Loire – 2 January 1985) was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie Française on 12 November 1936.

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La mémoire des lieux Au Château de Cormatin séjourna le Poête Alphonse de Lamartine 1790 - 1869 "J'y ai connu des heures de jeunesse qui ont rendu cette belle demeure à la fois chère et triste à mon souvenir." Dans ce même lieu naquit le Romancier Jacques de Lacretelle 1888 - 1985 "Cormatin a été, pour moi, les Mille et une Nuits de mon enfance."

English translation: The memory of places At the Castle of Cormatin, the Poet Alphonse de Lamartine 1790 - 1869 "I've known hours of youth that made this beautiful home both dear and dear to my memory." In this same place was born the Novelist James of Lacretelle 1888 - 1985 "Cormatin was, for me, the Thousand and One Nights of my childhood."

Château de Cormatin - Rue Principale, Cormatin, France where they was born (1888)