Jacques Audiberti
Jacques Audiberti (born March 25, 1899 in Antibes , † July 10, 1965 in Paris ) was a French poet , writer , playwright and journalist .
Audiberti was influenced by Victor Hugo and Stéphane Mallarmé ; Also Symbolism and Surrealism appeared to him. He developed a very pictorial and melodious language. The polarity and simultaneity of good and bad stand in the background of his themes.
During his lifetime, only known as a playwright beyond French borders, Audiberti's oeuvre is now only present in France. The Association des amis de Jacques Audiberti , in which his daughter Marie-Louise Audiberti is also active, is committed to the preservation and public awareness of his work .
biography
Antibes 1899-1924
Jacques Audiberti was born on March 25, 1899 in Antibes to Louis Audiberti and Victorine Médard. He came from a humble background. His father was a master mason. Audiberti developed the culture of his country very independently. He began writing poetry at the age of twelve, and when he was 15 he appeared regularly in a local newspaper ( Réveil d'Antibes ) about everyday life .
Paris 1924-1965
In 1924/1925 Audiberti came to Paris. There he initially wrote for newspapers ( Le Journal , Le Petit Parisien ). In 1936 he married a teacher from Martinique . With her he had two daughters. In 1929/30 the first volume of poetry ( Empire et la Trappe ) was self-published . In 1937/38 the first novel, Abraxas , and another volume of poetry ( Race des hommes ) came out. In 1941 the next collection of poems was published ( Des tonnes de semence ).
Audiberti continued to work for newspapers ( NRF , Aujourd'hui , Comœdia , Cahiers du cinéma ) despite the fact that he wrote larger works and could only survive very poorly by writing during World War II . After the war he became better known mainly through the theater. In 1945 his dialogical text Quoat-Quoat , which he had not originally written for the theater, was performed. After that, Audiberti wrote over 20 theater works by 1961, initially Le mal court (1947).
He died of colon cancer in 1965 after two operations.
As a journalist
During the Second World War, from June 21, 1941 to September 11, 1943, Jacques Audiberti made numerous contributions to the film in the cultural magazine Comœdia, which was quite critical of National Socialism . On the recommendation of François Truffaut , Jacques Audiberti took part in the then still young film magazine Cahiers du cinéma . From 1954 to 1956 he wrote texts that underline his love for cinema in many ways.
As a playwright
After the end of the Second World War, Jacques Audiberti achieved a certain degree of fame as a playwright, especially in America and Germany. In doing so, his plays must be viewed outside of the absurd theater that emerged in the 1950s.
Awards
- 1938 Prix Mallarmé
- 1964 Prix des Critiques for Ange aux entrailles
Works
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Bibliography (selection)
Primary literature (editions)
- Jacques Audiberti, Molière dramaturge , Paris: L'arche 1954.
- Jacques Audiberti, Molière , Paris: L'arche 1972; (Original 1954).
- Jacques Audiberti, plays 1 . Edited and with an afterword by Max Hölzer, Neuwied, Berlin: Luchterhand, 1961.
Secondary literature
- Michel Giroud, Jacques Audiberti , Paris: Éd. Univ. 1967.
- Léonor Fini : Jacques Audiberti , in Vive la littérature! Contemporary French literature. Ed. Verena von der Heyden-Rynsch. Hanser, Munich 1989, pp. 21, 23 (with photo), in German
Web links
- Literature by and about Jacques Audiberti in the catalog of the German National Library
- Site de l'association Jacques Audiberti
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Audiberti, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antibes , south of France |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1965 |
| Place of death | Paris |