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Bernard Nabonne

French writer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ2898373 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bernard Nabonne (1897-1951) was a French writer of Bearnaise origin. He is best known for his novels written in the 1920s, for example, La Butte aux Cailles (1925) and Maitena (1927). The latter won the Prix Renaudot. Other notable works include Joseph Bonaparte (1950 Prix Thérouanne), À la Gasconne (1935 Prix Paul Flat), and À l'abandon (1932 Prix Montyon).

Besides fiction, he also wrote a number of books on French history.

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“Bernard Nabonne” enters the record as french writer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bernard, Nabonne and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1897, 1951, 1925, 1927—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1897. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Bernard, Nabonne and French.
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“Bernard Nabonne” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Bernard, Nabonne and French provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2898373. VIAF identifies the subject as 17347343. The Library of Congress control number is no2006072791. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1897, 1951, 1925 and 1927.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bernard Nabonne” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.