Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (died 1914)

Alain-Fournier

French author and soldier (1886–1914)

Henri-Alban Fournier, known by the pseudonym Alain-Fournier, was a French author and soldier. He was the author of a single novel, Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), which has been filmed twice and is considered a classic of French literature. The book is based partly on his childhood.