Claude Aveline

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Claude Aveline in 1989

Claude Aveline , actually Eugen Avtsine , (born July 19, 1901 in Paris , † November 4, 1992 ibid) was a French writer.

Life

Aveline's parents fled the Russian Empire in 1891 to escape the pogroms . There they settled in Paris and received by President Emile Loubet , the French citizenship .

Aveline completed his school days at the Lycée Henri IV (Paris) and the Lycée Hoche ( Versailles ). Aveline experienced the First World War in 1915 as a nurse. After the war ended, Aveline attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly in his hometown , which he soon had to leave due to illness. In 1918/19 he cured himself in Cannes ( Département Alpes-Maritimes ), and it was during this time that he began his first literary attempts. He also changed his name to "Claude Aveline".

Anatole France , who had become aware of Aveline through a few poems in 1919, sponsored him and over time also became one of his closest friends. In 1920 Aveline returned to Paris and got a job as editor of an art magazine. At the age of 21, Aveline founded the publishing house "chez Claude Aveline éditeur" in 1922 and from then on proudly described himself as "France's youngest publisher".

In 1923 Aveline fell ill again and had to spend almost four years in the sanatorium of Fonte-Romeu ( Département Pyrénées-Orientales ). There he made the acquaintance of the future director Jean Vigo , with whom he remained friends throughout his life. He created the Prix ​​Jean Vigo in his honor and was an important member of the jury for 25 years.

During the Second World War , Aveline joined the Resistance and also worked on an underground newspaper.

In 1967 the sculptor Ossip Zadkine created a bust of Aveline. Since Zadkine died that same year, Aveline dubbed herself “le dernier Zadkine”.

reception

As the editor of an art magazine, Aveline soon came into contact with Asian art. This and his interest in Asian philosophy and religion meant that he was able to successfully debut Gautama Bouddha with his work La merveilleuse légende de Siddharta in 1922 .

In 1950 Aveline published his poem Portrait de l'oiseau qui n'existe pas (Portrait of a non-existent bird) and in 1955 asked all of his friends to illustrate it with a portrait of this bird. The resulting publication contained works by Henri-Georges Adam , Jean-Michel Atlan , Jean Bertholle , Roger Bissière , Zoran Mušič , Mario Prassinos , Gustave Singer , Maria Helena Vieira da Silva , Jacques Villon and others. a. When this work was exhibited in the Musée National d'Art Moderne (Paris) in 1963 , Aveline donated it to this museum.

Honors

Works (selection)

Radio plays
  • Les prodigieux petit canard . 1957.
  • Les chiens et la mort . 1959.
  • L'exception . 1965.
  • Hoffmann Canada . 1969.
Poetry
  • 10 hymen . Edition de l'Orycte, Sigean 1980.
  • De . Corti, Paris 1967.
  • Paper . Rennert, Lainseq 1974.
Children's books
  • Baba Diène et Morceau de sucre. Roman pour les enfants . Gallimard, Paris 1937 (illustrated by Jean Bruller ).
  • De quoi encore ?. Conte pour les enfants . La Farandole, Paris 1974.
  • L'arbre Tic-Tac. Conte pour les enfants . Editions Raisons d'être, Paris 1950.
Detective novels
  • The stamp dealer. Detective novel ("L'abonné de la ligne U"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1982, ISBN 3-499-15012-3 (former title The Passenger on Line U ).
  • Car 7, place 15. Detective novel from old Paris (“Voiture 7 place 15”). Wunderlich, Tübingen 1978.
  • The fountain. Detective novel from old Paris (“Le jet d'eau”). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1986, ISBN 3-499-15689-X .
  • The tiger eye. Roman ("L'œil de chat"). Leins, Tübingen 1975, ISBN 3-8052-0241-5 .
  • The double death of Frédéric Belot. Detective novel from old Paris ("La double mort de Frédéric Belot"). Rowohlt, Reibek 1985, ISBN 3-499-15591-5 (former title The twofold death ).
Novels
  • La quadrature du sort cycle
  1. Le point du jour. Novel . Bordas, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-86311-176-0 (reprint of the Paris 1926 edition).
  2. Le prisonnier. Novel . Mercure de France, Paris 1971 (reprint of the Paris 1936 edition).
  3. Le poids du feu. Novel . Editions Mondiales, Paris 1974, ISBN 2-253-00027-2 (reprint of the Paris 1959 edition).
  • La vie de Philippe Denis cycle
  1. Autumn of passion. Roman ("Madame Maillart"). Stahlberg, Karlsruhe 1950.
  2. Les amours et les haines . Domat, Paris 1952.
  3. Philippe . Domat, Paris 1955.
Non-fiction
  • Rodin . L'homme et l'œuvre (Collection consacrée aux artistes contemporains; 6). Les écrivains réunis, Paris 1927.
  • Anatole France , le vivant. Fragments de mémoires 1919-1924 (Les cahiers franciens; 7-9). Paris 1987.
  • Chroniques d'un cinéphile. 1931-1939 . Séguir, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-84049-024-2 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Claude Aveline: Je suis le dernier Zadkine . In: Le Figaro of November 29, 1967.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Aveline, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1992
Place of death Paris