Henri Ghéon
Henri Ghéon (actually: Henri-Léon Vangéon , born March 15, 1875 in Bray-sur-Seine , † June 13, 1944 in Paris ) was a French writer.
Ghéon came to Paris in 1893 to study medicine, but soon began writing poetry and literary reviews here. In 1897 his first volume of poetry, Chansons d'aube, was published . In the same year he met André Gide , with whom he was friends for 20 years. In 1909 he founded the Nouvelle Revue Française with Jacques Copeau and Jean Schlumberger , for which he regularly contributed.
During the First World War, Ghéon converted to Catholicism. In the following years he wrote biographies of saints and more than 50 religious dramas and mystery plays, including Les Trois Miracles de Sainte Cécile (1919) and Job (1932). Several of his works have been set to music, such as Le Miroir de Jésus by André Caplet and Hendrik Andriessen and Nú by Jamary Oliveira .
Web links
- Information on Henri Ghéon in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Henri Ghéon in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ghéon, Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henri-Léon Vangéon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bray-sur-Seine |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1944 |
| Place of death | Paris |