André Chaumeix

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André Chaumeix

André Chaumeix (born June 6, 1874 in Chamalières , Département Puy-de-Dôme , † February 23, 1955 in Passy , Paris ) was a French journalist and literary critic.

Life

Chameix was a son of Alexandre Chaumeix and his wife Solange Fargeix; Abrahan-Joseph Chaumeix was a distant ancestor of his. He spent his school days at the Paris Lycée Henri IV , which was followed by a visit to the École normal supérieure . From 1898 he attended the French School in Rome for two years .

In the spring of 1900, Chaumeix returned to France and settled in Paris. He began to work as a journalist for the Journal des débats and was appointed chief editor in 1905. At the same time, he wrote for various other newspapers and magazines, such as Gazette des Beaux-Arts , Le Gaulois and Revue de Paris .

After the First World War , Chaumeix continued to work as a journalist and editor. Between 1926 and 1930 he was the editor-in-chief of Le Figaro and was also responsible for the features section of the Revue des Deux Mondes .

On May 22, 1930 the Académie française appointed Chaumeix to succeed the politician Georges Clemenceau ( armchair 3 ), who died the previous year . The historian Jérôme Carcopino succeeded him in this position in 1955 .

Chaumeix died at the age of 80 on the same day as his friend and academy colleague Paul Claudel ; on February 23, 1955 in Passy ( 16th arrondissement ). He found his final resting place in the Cimetière de Passy cemetery .

Works (selection)

  • Chroniques et études . Plon, Paris 1960.

literature

  • François Mauriac : Discours de reception a l'Académie française et response de André Chaumeix . Grasset, Paris 1934.

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personal data
SURNAME Chaumeix, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French journalist and literary critic
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Chamalières
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1955
Place of death Passy , Paris