André Frossard
André Frossard (born January 14, 1915 in Colombier-Châtelot , Doubs department , † February 2, 1995 in Versailles ) was a French journalist and essayist .
Life
André Frossard was the son of Ludovic-Oscar Frossard , one of the founders of the French Communist Party and later a minister in the governments of the Popular Front .
He converted to Catholicism in 1935 as a result of a sudden conversion experience . He dealt with this event in his work Dieu existe, je l'ai rencontré from 1969 (Eng: God exists. I met him).
Frossard joined the Navy in September 1936 and, after the armistice, the French Resistance . On December 10, 1943 he was arrested by the Gestapo in Lyon and held in Montluc prison . After the war he was accepted into the Legion of Honor by General Charles de Gaulle and promoted to officer .
André Frossard, who wrote for the daily Le Figaro for many years , was accepted into the Académie française in 1987.
Honors
- 1990: Grand Cross of the Papal Order of Pius
- Croix de guerre 1939-1945
- Médaille de la Resistance
- Officer of the Legion of Honor
Works
- La Maison des otages (1946)
- Histoire paradoxale de la IV e République (1954)
- Le Sel de la Terre (1956)
- German: From monks and Jesuits (1960), Herder, Freiburg,
- Voyage au pays de Jésus (1958)
- Les Greniers du Vatican (1960)
- Votre humble serviteur, Vincent de Paul (1960)
- Dieu existe, je l'ai rencontré (1969)
- German: God exists: I met him , Herder, Freiburg 1970, no.16074
- La France en général (1975)
- Il ya un autre monde (1976)
- Les trente-six preuves de l'existence du diable (1978)
- L'art de croire (1979)
- German: There is another world (1976) ISBN 3-451-17798-6 ; Media Maria Verlag 2015
- N'ayez pas peur, dialogue with Jean-Paul II (1982),
- German: Don't be afraid (1982)
- La Baleine et le Ricin (1982)
- L'Évangile Selon Ravenne (1984)
- German: When stones speak. The Gospel according to Ravenna, Herder, Freiburg, 1985
- Le Chemin de croix, au Colisée avec Jean-Paul II (1986)
- N'oubliez pas l'amour, la Passion de Maximilien Kolbe (1987)
- Le Crime contre l'humanité (1988)
- Portrait de Jean-Paul II (1988)
- Le Cavalier du Quai Conti (1988)
- Dieu en questions (1990)
- Le Monde de Jean-Paul II (1991)
- Les grands bergers (1992)
- Excusez-moi d'être français (1992)
- Défense du Pape (1993)
- L'Evangile inachevé (1995)
literature
- Christian Heidrich : The converts. About religious and political conversions . Munich 2002, pp. 13–34.
Web links
- Literature by and about André Frossard in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frossard, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colombier-Châtelot |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1995 |
| Place of death | Versailles |