Henri Bachelin

Henri Bachelin (27 March 1879 – 21 September 1941) was a 20th-century French writer
Biography.
After studying at the seminary of Nevers, followed by four years in the army, he practiced the profession of bank clerk, which he abandoned in 1911 to devote himself exclusively to literature. He published about forty books, mostly novels and short stories, but also works of literary criticism and musicology. These are works centered on the painting of provincial life, like "Sous d'humbles toits", "Juliette la jolie" or "Le Village", where he depicts the countryside and villages of the Morvan with great realism. He was also the author of historical novels ("L'Abbaye-Vézelay au XIIe siècle", "La mort de Bibracte"), novels of manners ("Le Péché de la Vierge", "La Vénus rustique") and training novels fed with autobiographical elements ("L'Héritage", "Le Chant du coq"). He was awarded the prix Femina in 1918 for "Le Serviteur", in which he pays homage to his father.
His interest in religious music was reflected in a novel ("Les Grandes Orgues") and by a theoretical reference work ("L'Orgue, ses éléments, son histoire, son esthétique") written in collaboration with Alexandre Eugène Cellier. In 1925 he was commissioned to prepare the edition of the "Journal" of Jules Renard, of which he had been a friend and a disciple at the beginning. He collaborated with numerous journals such as the "Mercure de France" and the "NRF".
Although he went to Paris, where he frequented Charles-Louis Philippe, André Gide and Paul Léautaud, he was still very attached to his small native town. Lormes built a bust in his memory in front of the house where he spent his childhood. He left several unpublished manuscripts. The first volume of his "Journal" (written from 1926 to 1941) was published in 2009.
Works.
Tales and short stories