 Bouville was the commune where the writer lived who wrote his diary in "La Nausée" (The Nausea) (1938) by Jean-Paul Sartre who was inspired by Le Havre city where he wrote his first novel.There are also the testimonies of Raymond Queneau (1903–1976), born in Le Havre, the city served as a framework for his novel "Un rude hiver" (A harsh winter) (1939).The plot of "Une maison soufflée aux vents" (A house blown to the winds) by Emile Danoën, winner of the Popular Novel Prize in 1951, and its sequel "Idylle dans un quartier muré" (Idyll in a walled neighbourhood) were located in Le Havre during the Second World War.