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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: R.I.P. Mireille Marokvia, French writer, 99 ("Belle Arabelle |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/arts/27marovkia.html?ref=obituaries
"Mireille Marokvia, who described her childhood in a French village
and her wartime ordeals in Nazi Germany in two stirring memoirs
published when she was in her 80s and 90s, died Oct. 19 in Las Cruces,
N.M., where she had lived for the last 30 years..........In
'Immortelles: Memoir of a Will o’ the Wisp' (1996) and 'Sins of the
Innocent' (2006), Ms. Marokvia evoked the vanished world of rural
France during and after World War I and the bizarre, chaotic turn of
events that kept her trapped in Germany throughout World War II.
Writing in precise, stylish English, she described the fears and
shadows of her childhood in a sunny French village, as well as the
often comic moments that flashed through the totalitarian nightmare
she experienced in Germany. Hired to translate German mystery novels
into French, for example, she made a point of transforming their tall,
blond heroes into squat, dark-haired gnomes with fleshy noses."
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
Juvenile books; illustrations by husband, Artur Marokvia:
* Jannot, A French Rabbit, Lippincott, 1959.
* Nanette, a French Goat, Lippincott, 1960.
( http://flickr.com/photos/52604746@N00/227359639 - book cover)
* Grococo, a French Crow, Lippincott, 1961.
* Belle Arabelle, Lippincott, 1962.
"A young French boy, recoving from the measles, is send to stay with
his aunt in Brittany, his sister soon joins them. During their stay a
local boy tells them that there are korrigans (devil's imps) near the
beach to keep them away from the water's dangers. The children are
inquisitive and wish to see what one is like, so they sneak out at
night to look for one. While they are out a ship runs aground and a
local boy is accused of purposely causing the grounding. The children
help free the boy and find the ship's cat, Arabelle who is to play a
part in a further adventure during their stay with their aunt."
* A French School for Paul, Lippincott, 1963.
"Paul's adventures in Versailles with Ann, Kim and a donkey."
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