Henry Malherbe

Henry Malherbe , also Henri Malherbe or Henry Croisilles, (born February 4, 1886 in Bucharest , † March 17, 1958 in Paris ) was a French writer and journalist.

Life

Malherbe and his family settled in Paris around the turn of the century. Under Albert Carré , Malherbe got a job at the Opéra-Comique and his career soon led him to its management. At the same time, Malherbe began working as a journalist for the daily Le Temps and between 1910 and 1936 he was one of its literary critic.

With effect from March 24, 1914, Malherbe was naturalized and on August 21 of the same year he volunteered for military service. He joined the artillery and was accepted as an officer candidate the following year. In 1916 he was promoted to sub-lieutenant and two years later he was made lieutenant. He was wounded several times, in 1917 and 1918 by German gas attacks. In the autumn of 1919 he was demobilized and returned to Paris.

Malherbe was a member of the Association des écrivains combattants (AEC) and led this writers' association between 1929 and 1930 together with his colleague Roland Dorgelès . He later worked with Henry de Jouvenel as editor of the magazine La Revue des vivants .

After the end of the war , Malherbe was brought back to the Opéra-Comique and in the following year he succeeded Albert Wolff as its director until 1948. He then slowly withdrew into private life and devoted himself only to his literary work.

Honors

• 1917 Prix ​​Goncourt for the novel La flamme au poing
• 1918 Croix de guerre
• 1918 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
• In 1953 the AEC initiated its Prix ​​Henri-Malherbe in his honor

Works (selection)

• La flame au poing . Albin Michel, Paris 1917.
• Richard Wagner révolutionnaire . Ed. Michel, Paris 1938.
• Franz Schubert . Son amour, ses amitiés . Ed. Michel, Paris 1949.
• La passion de la Malibran . Albin Michel, Paris 1937.
• Carmen . Èd. Michel, Paris 1951.
• Paul Hervieu . Biography critique . E. Sansot, Paris 1912.
• Le jugement dernier . Ed. de la Sirène, Paris 1920. (illustrated by Jean Marchand )
• La roque. Un chef, des actes, des idées . Plon, Paris 1934.
• Aux états universities . Printemps du moons . Ed. Michel, Paris 1945.

Web links

• Information on Henry Malherbe in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .