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Henri Chabrol

French writer (1897-1981)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ27535587 ↗
Source-derived summary

Henri Chabrol (11 January 1897 – 1981) was a French writer. A graduate from the École Normale Supérieure (class 1919), he edited texts of classical antiquity, novels and plays (in French), poems and collections of stories (in French and Provençal)

Works

1930: La chair est forte,

1931: Jeunesse du monde,

1943: L'Honnête Florentine, four-act comedy,

1947: La Vautour,

1971 À ciel ouvert,

1976: Le Mystère du Taureau; Prix René Bardet 1977.

1977: Prix Broquette-Gonin for his lifetime achievement in poetry.

Editorial summary

“Henri Chabrol” enters the record as french writer (1897-1981). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Henri, Chabrol and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1897, 1981, 1919, 1930—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1897-01-11, 1897—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Henri, Chabrol and French.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Henri Chabrol” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Henri, Chabrol and French provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27535587. VIAF identifies the subject as 233993548. The Library of Congress control number is no97026414. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1897, 1981, 1919 and 1930.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Henri Chabrol” 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.