Alain-Fournier - Biography
Henri-Alban Fournier, who later wrote under the pseudonym Alain-Fournier, was born on October 3, 1886 at La Chapelle d'Angillon where his parents were teachers. He spent his chilhood in the Sologne countryside. In 1891 his father became a teacher at Epineuil le Fleurel and young Henri was his pupil until the 5th grade. He then went away to boarding school at the Lycée Voltaire in Paris. In 1901 he decided that he wanted to join the navy and he enrolled at the high school in Brest to prepare for the Naval School examination. One year later he changed his mind and instead prepared for his degree in Bourges. In 1903 Alain-Fournier started his preparatory studies at Lakanal in Sceaux before his attempt at the entrance examination for the college of literature. It was here that he met his best friend Jacques Rivière. The two were to exchange important and passionate correspondence during the remainder of Fournier's life. On August 24, 1909, Jacques Rivière married Isabelle, Alain-Fournier's
Henri-Alban Fournier, who later wrote under the pseudonym Alain-Fournier, was born on October 3, 1886 at La Chapelle d'Angillon where his parents were teachers. He spent his chilhood in the Sologne countryside. In 1891 his father became a teacher at Epineuil le Fleurel and young Henri was his pupil until the 5th grade. He then went away to boarding school at the Lycée Voltaire in Paris. In 1901 he decided that he wanted to join the navy and he enrolled at the high school in Brest to prepare for the Naval School examination. One year later he changed his mind and instead prepared for his degree
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