Edmond Jaloux
Edmond Jaloux (born June 19, 1878 in Marseille , † August 22, 1949 in Lutry near Lausanne ) was a French writer and literary critic .
Jaloux worked from 1917 to 1923 as an official in the French Foreign Ministry . Since 1936 he was a member of the Académie française . From 1940 he lived in Switzerland.
Jaloux's melancholy and psychological novels sometimes have surrealist elements.
He was buried in the Cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux main cemetery in Lausanne .
Works
Literary studies and criticism
- L'esprit des livres. 3 volumes. 1922-1940
- RM Rilke. 1927
- Les saisons littéraires 1896–1903. 1942
Novels
- Le reste est silence 1909
- Fumées dans la campagne 1917 (German: Rauch auf dem Lande)
- Les profondeurs de la mer 1922 (German: The depths of the sea)
- Le voyageur 1935
Web links
- Literature by and about Edmond Jaloux in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Savary: Edmond Jaloux. In: Find a Grave . February 14, 2017, accessed October 23, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaloux, Edmond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1949 |
| Place of death | Lutry |