Ernest Psichari

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Ernest Psichari

Ernest Psichari (born September 27, 1883 in Paris , † August 22, 1914 died near Rossignol in Belgium ) was a French writer and soldier with a Catholic-nationalist outlook. He was the son of the Greek linguist and poet Ioannis Psycharis . He was on friendly terms with Charles Péguy .

Psichari took part in the fighting in the Congo as a young officer and converted to the Catholic faith on his return to France. He died in World War I , five weeks before his 31st birthday, on August 22, 1914 near Rossignol.

His work Le Voyage du centurion (German under the title Der Wüstenritt des Hauptmann ) is an autobiographical novel.

Works

Single issues
  • La promenade dans l'été . C. Noblet, Paris 1902.
  • Terres de soleil et de sommeil . Lambert, Paris 1946 (reprint of the Paris 1908 edition).
  • L'appel des armes . Conard, Paris 1947 (reprint of the Paris 1913 edition).
  • Le Voyage du centurion. Les voix qui crient dans le désert . Éditions d'Aujiurd'hui, Paris 1984, ISBN 2-7307-0237-7 (EA Paris 1913; foreword by Paul Bourget ).
    • German translation: The Captain's ride in the desert . Herder, Freiburg / B. 1937 (translated by Gustav Dieringer).
  • Les voix qui crient dans le désert. Souvenirs d'Afrique . L. Conard, Paris 1937 (preface by Charles Mangin ).
  • Carnets de route . Conard, Paris 1948.
Work edition
  • Œuvres complètes . Conard, Paris 1946/48 (3 vol.).

literature

  • The little encyclopedia . Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich 1950, volume 2, page 406 (foreign edition of the Swiss lexicon ).
  • Walter Becherer: Ernest Psichari in his psychological development . Dissertation, University of Jena 1932.
  • Hansrupprecht Gerstmeier: The conception of heroism in Ernest Psichari and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry dissertation, Free University of Berlin 1955.
  • Raïssa Maritain (Ed.): The great friendships. Encounters with Henri Bergson , Léon Bloy , Jacques Maritain , Pieter van der Meer de Walcheren , Charles Péguy , Ernest Psichari, Georges Rouault , Pierre Termier and other witnesses of the faith (“Les grandes amitiés”). Kerle Verlag, Heidelberg 1954.
  • Paul Pédech : Ernest Psichari ou les chemins de l'ordre Editions Téqui, Paris 1988, ISBN 978-2-85244-901-5 .
  • Frédérique Neau-Dufour: Ernest Psichari (1883-1914). Une vie, un mythe . Dissertation, University of Paris 1999.
  • Amélie M. Goichon: Ernest Psichari. D'après des documents inédits . Conard, Paris 1946.
  • Alec G. Hargreaves: The colonial experience in French fiction. A study of Pierre Loti , Ernest Psichari and Pierre Mille . Macmillan, London 1981, ISBN 0-333-28854-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Psichari, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer and soldier
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1914
Place of death Rossignol