Henri Guillemin

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Henri Guillemin (born March 19, 1903 in Mâcon , † May 4, 1992 in Neuchâtel ) was a French historian and literary scholar .

Life

Henri Guillemin first attended schools in Mâcon, then from 1923 to 1927 the École normal supérieure in Paris' Rue d'Ulm, with Raymond Aron , Jean Guitton , Paul Nizan and Jean-Paul Sartre , among others . At the same time he worked as secretary for the left Catholic movement Le Sillon of Marc Sangnier . He was friends with many supporters of the Renouveau Catholique , especially François Mauriac . Sartre later offered him a forum for his mostly non-conformist thoughts with his magazine Les Temps Modernes .

He did his doctorate on Alphonse de Lamartine and then taught for two years at the University of Cairo , then at the Université de Bordeaux .

In 1942 he fled the Vichy regime to Switzerland , settled in Neuchâtel and became cultural attaché at the French embassy in Bern (from 1945 to 1962). From 1960 he lived alternately in Neuchâtel and in Chissey-lès-Mâcon, a small village near his native town. In 1963 he was appointed full professor of literature of the 18th and 19th centuries at the Université de Genève , where he worked for ten years.

Guillemin became known for his numerous literary works - especially on the literature and history of France in the 19th century - as well as for his cultural-historical contributions on radio and television. He also published on the Dreyfus affair .

Works (selection)

Of the 80 or so books by Guillemin, only one has been translated into German. This selection is intended to provide an initial overview of the range of his work.

  • Le Jocelyn de Lamartine. Étude historique et critique avec des documents inédits , Paris 1936
  • Flaubert devant la vie et devant Dieu , Paris 1939
  • Histoire des catholiques français au XIXe siècle (1815–1905) , Geneva 1947
  • Les origines de la Commune , 3 volumes, Paris 1956ff
  • Madame de Staël , Benjamin Constant et Napoléon , Paris 1959
  • Zola , légende et vérité , Paris 1960
  • L'Enigme Esterhazy , Paris 1961
  • L'homme des Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe , Paris 1965
  • Le "converti". Paul Claudel , Paris 1968
  • Regards sur Bernanos , Paris 1976
  • Victor Hugo , Paris 1978
  • Charles Péguy , Paris 1981
  • L'affaire Jésus , Paris 1982
  • L'engloutie. Adèle, fille de Victor Hugo , Paris 1985
    • German edition: Adèle. The king's daughter Victor Hugos 1830–1915 . Ullstein Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1988
  • Vérités complémentaires , Paris 1990
  • Regards sur Nietzsche , Paris 1991
  • Malheureuse Église , Paris 1992
  • Les passions d'Henri Guillemin , Boudry 1994

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personal data
SURNAME Guillemin, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Mâcon , France
DATE OF DEATH May 4th 1992
Place of death Neuchâtel , Switzerland