Francis Carco

Who was Francis Carco?

Francis Carco was a French author, born at Nouméa, New Caledonia. He was a poet, belonging to the Fantaisiste school, a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for L'Homme libre and Gil Blas. During World War I he became aviation pilot at Étampes, after studying at the aviation school there. His works are picturesque, painting as they do the street life of Montmartre, and being written often in the argot of Paris. He has been called the "romancier des apaches." His memoir, The Last Bohemia: From Montmartre to the Latin Quarter, contains reminiscences of Bohemian life in Paris during the early years of the twentieth century. He had an affair with Katherine Mansfield in 1915.

Carco held the ninth seat at Académie Goncourt from 1937–1958. He is buried in Cimetière de Bagneux. He was the author of:

Instincts

Jésus-la-Caille

Les Innocents

Au coin des rues

Les Malheurs de Fernande

Les Mystères de la Morgue ou les Fiancés du IVº arrondissement. Roman gai

L'Equipe

La Poésie

Maman Petitdoigt

Francis Carco, raconté par lui-meme