from another heart attack at age 57. Anecdote In 1935, Pérochon's daughter, Simone, married Delphin Debenest, who was also involved in the Resistance during World War II. A soldier in 1940, this intelligence agent in the Franco-Belgian Resistance was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Buchenwald and then to Kommando in Holzen from which he succeeded in escaping. During the Nuremberg Trials, this extraordinary man acted as deputy prosecutor. He was also a magistrate in Niort and Poitiers and won numerous French and Belgian military decorations. Novels (selected) Les Creux-De-Maisons (1912) Les hommes frénétiques (1925) (translated in 2012 by Brian Stableford as "The Frenetic People") Nêne (1920) - Prix Goncourt (translated in 1922) Le Chemin de plaine (1920) La Parcelle 32 (1922) (translated in 1923 by Frances C. Fay) Les Ombres (1923) Les Gardiennes (1924) (made into a film of the same name in 2017) Homage / Tributes On 31 March 1985 the public school of Tour Nivelle (in Courlay) held a commemoration ceremony for the 100th birthday of Pérochon which was well-attended by the public, and many key figures were there. Under the High Patronage of the Minister of National Education and Culture, numerous speeches were given, including one by Mr. Leblond-Zola, grandson of Émile Zola. For this occasion, a classroom from the time when Pérochon was a student (and later a teacher) at Tour Nivelle was reconstructed. People have visited this place from then on, and it can still be visited today. This marked the beginning of the year of Pérochon which was celebrated with many cultural events in the Deux-Sèvres as well as with shows and displays relating to the works of Pérochon such as "l’homme frénétique" (The Frenzied Man), "les creux de maisons," and "les gardiennes" (The Caretakers). The high school in Parthenay, a group of schools in Niort and in Cerizay, the municipal library in Echiré and many streets in the department of the Deux-Sèvres are named in memory of this French writer. References 1885 births 1942 deaths People from Deux-Sèvres French Protestants Prix Goncourt winners French male writers 20th-century French male writers