Anne Green (born 11 November 1891, Savannah, Georgia, died 30 December 1979, Draveil, Essonne) was an American writer and translator, the sister of Julien Green. While a child, Green's parents moved to France, where her father, ruined by a financial crisis and poor investments, came to settle. The family lived for a few years in Le Havre before moving to Paris, where her brother Julien was born. She and her brother both participated in World War I, in which she volunteered as an ambulance driver.
Her best known work is With Much Love (1948), a fictionalized account of her childhood. She wrote fifteen novels in English and nine volumes of fiction in French. She also translated fiction and non-fiction from English to French and from French to English, sometimes in collaboration with her brother.
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Works
Author
The Selbys, Dutton, 1930
Reader, I Married Him, Dutton, 1931
Marietta, Dutton, 1932
A Marriage of Convenience, Dutton, 1933
Fools Rush In, Dutton, 1934
That Fellow Perceval, Dutton, 1935
Winchester House, Dutton, 1936
16 Rue Cortambert, Dutton, 1937
Paris, Dutton, 1938
The Silent Duchess, Harper, 1939
The Delamer Curse, Harper, 1940
The Lady in the Mask, Harper, 1942
Just before Dawn, Harper, 1943
The Old Lady, Harper, 1947
With Much Love, memoir, Harper, 1948French translation by Marie Canavaggia: Mes jours évanouis, Plon, 1951, reissued Le Livre de Poche, 1974 — literally My Vanished Days
The publication of Green's memoir and homage to her mother, With Much Love, marked something of a turning point, with all her subsequent work written and published in French.
Le Goret, short stories, Plon, 1954, reissued Le Livre de Poche, 1977
Adeline, Corrêa, 1954
La Lanterne magique, written with Didier Mesnil, Émile-Paul, 1956
Le Vestiaire des anges, Denoël, 1958
L'Or et l'Argent, Stock, 1962
La Fille du grand marais, Albin Michel, 1964
La Bonne Aventure, Albin Michel, 1966
Corinne et le prince persan, Albin Michel, 1967
La Porte des songes, Plon, 1969
Screenwriter
Her Sister's Secret, American film, 1946
Orient Express, British television series, 1953–1954Two episodes: The Red Sash (1953) and European Edition (1953)
The Adventures of Robin Hood, British television series, 1955–1959Eight episodes under the name of Anne Rodney: Maid Marian (1955), Checkmate (1955), The Inquisitor (1956), Tables Turned (1956), The Prisoner (1956), Hubert (1957), The Dream (1957), and The Shell Game (1957); some of Green's work appeared in the trilogy of colorized movie-length recuts released in 1991 to capitalize on the success of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Translator
Georges Bernanos, A Crime (1936) — a translation of Un crime (1935)
Robert de Saint Jean, France Speaking (1941) — a translation of Démocratie, beurre et canons (1941)
Charles Péguy, Basic Verities: Prose and Poetry, translated with Julien Green (1943) — a translation of selected works
Charles Péguy, Men and Saints: Prose and Poetry, translated with Julien Green (1944) — a translation of selected works
Theodora Keogh, Meg et le lion (1950) — a translation of Meg (1950)
William Saroyan, Contes (1953) — a translation of selected short stories
Françoise Sagan, A Certain Smile (1956) — a translation of Un certain sourire (1955)
Christine Arnothy, God Is Late (1957) — a translation of Dieu est en retard (1955)
Julien Green, The Transgressor (1957) — a translation of Le Malfaiteur (1956)
Mary Norton, Les Chapardeurs (1957) — a translation of The Borrowers (1952)
Julien Green, Each in His Darkness (1961), reissued as Each Man in His Darkness (1990) — a translation of Chaque homme dans sa nuit (1960)
Françoise Sagan, Wonderful Clouds (1961) — a translation of Les Merveilleux Nuages (1961)
Julien Green, Diary, 1928–1957 (1964) — a translation of selections from Green's Journal