André Dupeyrat

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André Dupeyrat (* 1902 , † 1982 ) was a French missionary , historian and ethnologist . He belonged to the order of the Sacred Heart Missionaries ( Missionnaires du Sacré-Cœur d'Issoudun ; Latin: missionarii sacratissimi cordis ; MSC for short ) founded on December 8, 1854 by Père Jules Chevalier (1824–1907) in Issoudun , Diocese of Bourges or MSC ).

Dupeyrat worked with Papuan tribes in New Guinea . His book "21 ans chez les Papous" (1952), which appeared in German strongly abbreviated under the title "21 years with the cannibals" and describes his stay with the Papuans from 1930 to 1951, became a bestseller in France and received the 1953 Prix ​​Juteau-Duvigneaux awarded by the Académie française . His work Le sanglier de Kouni had received the Prix ​​Marcellin Guérin from the same academy in 1951 . His books have been translated into many languages.

Works (selection)

  • Marie-Thérèse Nobel , missionnaire en Papouasie. Lyon: Éditions Ange-Michel 1930
  • Papouasia. Histoire de la mission (1885-1935) . Foreword by Alain Guynot de Boismenu ; Epilog by Georges Goyau . Issoudun: Archiconfrérie de N.-D, du Sacré-Cœur, 1935
  • Le premier apôtre des Papous . Issoudun: Archiconfrérie 1937
  • 21 ans chez les papous . Paris: La Colombe 1952 (German abbreviated under the title: 21 years with the cannibals , Vienna / Munich 1960, translated by Adolf Heine-Geldern )
  • Jours des Fête chez les Papous . Paris 1954
  • Papuan Conquest . Sydney (Australia): Pelligrini 1948
  • Le sanglier de Kouni . Issoudun: Archiconfrérie 1951 (Prix Marcellin Guérin der l'Académie Française)
  • Chabot. Le sanglier de Kouni . Paris, La Colombe., 1954
  • La bete et le Papou . Paris, Albin Michel, 1962
  • Briseurs de lance chez les Papous . Paris 1964
  • Sainteté au naturel [texts imprimé]: Alain Guynot de Boismenu , évêque des Papous: vu à travers ses lettres / André Dupeyrat and François de La Noë . - Paris: P. Téqui, impr. 2006 (53-Saint-Céneré: Presses Téqui). - 1 vol. (256 p.): Couv. ill .; 21 cm.

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personal data
SURNAME Dupeyrat, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French missionary, historian and ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1902
DATE OF DEATH 1982