Henri Martineau

Henri Martineau (born April 26, 1882 in Coulonges-sur-l'Autize , Deux-Sèvres department , † April 21, 1958 in Paris ) was a French doctor, poet, Romance studies and literary scholar.

life and work

Martineau received his doctorate in medicine with the work Le Roman scientifique d'Émile Zola. La médecine et les Rougon-Macquart (Paris 1907). The country doctor and later publisher and bookseller Martineau strove all his life to gain biographical knowledge of Stendhal and to publish his works and the writings he left behind. He became the greatest Stendhal connoisseur of his time (successor: Victor Del Litto ). He also made a contribution to Paul-Jean Toulet (1867–1920). From 1909 until his death he edited the magazine Le Divan . The Académie française awarded him their Grand prix de littérature in 1951.

Other works (selection)

Monographs

• L'Itinéraire de Stendhal, Paris 1912
• La Vie de P.-J. Toulet, Paris 1921
• Louis Thomas, Paris 1922
• L'Oeuvre de Stendhal. Histoire de ses livres et de sa pensée, Paris 1945, 1951, 1966
• Petit dictionnaire stendhalien, Paris 1948
• Le Calendrier de Stendhal, Paris 1950
• Le Coeur de Stendhal. Histoire de sa vie et de ses sentiments, 2 vols., Paris 1952-1953, 1983

Editorial activity

• (Ed.) Paul-Jean Toulet, Les Contes de Béhanzigue, Paris 1920
• (Ed.) Les Contrerimes de P.-J. Toulet, Paris 1921
• (Ed.) Stendhal, Le Rouge et le noir, Paris 1925; Pléiade edition 1932; Bibliothèque classique de Cluny, 1937; Classiques Garnier 1939
• (Ed.) Stendhal, La chartreuse de Parme, Paris 1927, Pléiade edition 1933, Bibliothèque classique de Cluny, 1940; Classiques Garnier 1942
• (Ed.) Stendhal, Vie de Henri Brulard, Paris 1927, new edition: Vie de Henry Brulard 1949; Classiques Garnier 1953; Pléiade edition 1955
• (Ed.) Souvenirs d'égotisme, Paris 1927, 1941, 1950; Pléiade edition 1955
• (Eds.) Stendhal, Lucien Leuwen, Paris 1934 (Pléiade edition), Monaco 1945
• (Ed.) Mérimée, Roman et nouvelles, Paris 1934 (Pléiade edition)
• (Ed.) Stendhal, Romans et nouvelles, 2 vols., Paris 1947 (Pléiade)
• (Ed.) Stendhal, Armance, Paris 1950 (Classiques Garnier)
• (Ed.) Stendhal, De l'amour, Paris 1959 (Classiques Garnier)
• (Ed. With Victor Del Litto) Stendhal, Correspondance, 3 vol., Paris 1962-1967-1968

literature

• Homage à Henri Martineau 1882-1958, in: Le Divan 307, 1958

Web links

• Information on Henri Martineau in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .