Jean-Marie Rouart
Jean-Marie Rouart (born April 8, 1943 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) is a French author and journalist . He has been a member of the Académie française since 1997 .
Life
Jean-Marie Rouart was born into a family of artists: his father was the painter Augustin Rouart (1907–1997) and his great-grandfathers the artists Henri Rouart and Henry Lerolle . After completing his baccalaureate at a private school in Paris and studying literature and philosophy, he worked briefly for the magazine littéraire in 1967 and then as a reporter for Le Figaro until 1975 . When Robert Hersant took over the newspaper in 1975, he resigned.
From 1977 he wrote leading articles for the Quotidien de Paris whose editor-in-chief he became in 1979 and whose literary pages he was responsible for until he left in 1985. In 1985 he returned to Figaro and from 1986 to 1988 was the editor in charge of the literature supplement, then head of the “Literature” section. In 1996 he became the first managing director of the Figaro editorial company . In 2003 Angelo Rinaldi ousted him from the top of Figaro littéraire . Rouart increasingly worked for Paris Match .
In 1995 he became a member of the jury of the Prix de l'écrit intime . On December 18, 1997, Rouart was elected to the Académie française and received the 26th armchair as the successor to Georges Duby .
Rouart caused a sensation with his book Omar: la construction d'un coupable ( Omar: Construction of a Guilty Party , 1994), in which he shed light on the background to the “Raddad Trial”. Gardener Omar Raddad had been accused of murdering millionaire widow Ghislaine Marchal and was convicted in a contentious process. Rouart was convinced of the Moroccan innocence and accused the family, who struggled legally. Rouart was sentenced to a fine and damages for defamation.
In 2012, as President of the La Forêt des livres festival, he accepted the Prix de l'Œuvre for the festival.
Awards
- Officer of the Legion of Honor
- Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 1977: Prix Interallié for Les Feux du pouvoir
- 1983: Prix Renaudot for Avant-Guerre
- 1985: Prix de l'Académie française for Ils ont choisi la nuit
Works
Novels and non-fiction books
- La Fuite en Pologne . Grasset, Paris, 1974
- La Blessure de Georges Aslo . Grasset, Paris, 1975
- Les Feux du pouvoir . Grasset, Paris, 1975
- Le Mythomane . Grasset, Paris, 1980
- Avant-Guerre . Grasset, paris, 1983
- Ils ont choisi la nuit . Grasset, Paris, 1985
- Le Cavalier blessé . Grasset, Paris, 1987
- La femme de proie . Grasset, Paris, 1989
- Le Voleur de jeunesse . Grasset, Paris, 1990
- Le Goût du malheur . Gallimard, Paris, 1993
- Omar, la construction d'un coupable . Le Fallois, Paris, 1994
- Morny, un voluptueux au pouvoir , Gallimard, Paris, 1995
- L'invention de l'amour . Grasset, Paris, 1997
- La noblesse des vaincus . Grasset, Paris, 1998
- Bernis, le cardinal des plaisirs . Gallimard, Paris, 1998
- Une jeunesse à l'ombre de la lumière . Gallimard, Paris, 2000
- Discours de reception à l'Académie française . Grasset, Paris, 2000
- La fuite en Pologne . Librairie générale française, 2001
- Une famille dans l'impressionnisme . Gallimard, Paris, 2001
- Nous ne savons pas aimer . Gallimard, Paris, 2002
- Adieu à la France qui s'en va . Grasset, Paris, 2003
- Libertine et chrétien . Desclée de Brouwer, 2004
- Mes fauves . Grasset, Paris, 2005
- Le Scandale . Gallimard, Paris, 2006
- Devoir d'insolence . Grasset, Paris, 2008
- Cette opposition qui s'appelle la vie . Grasset, Paris, 2009
- La guerre amoureuse . Gallimard, Paris, 2011
- Napoléon or La destinée . Gallimard, Paris, 2012
Exhibition catalogs
- La Famille Rouart. Au cœur de l'Impressionnisme . Exhibition catalog, Musée de la Vie romantique , Paris, 2004
Plays
- 2006: Gorki, l'exilé de Capri , directed by Jacques Rosner , Espace Pierre Cardin
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Literature by and about Jean-Marie Rouart in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Revenir aux dialectes locaux est une absurdité , France Soir , No. 19792, May 9, 2008, p. 2
- New auteurs témoignent: Le jour où j'ai eu honte , Le Figaro , October 15, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anne Coudreuse, Françoise Simonet-Tenant: Pour une histoire de l'intime et de ses variations . Éditions L'Harmattan, Paris, 2009, p. 7
- ^ In case of doubt against the accused , Die Zeit, March 10, 1995
- ^ Jean-Marie Rouart condamné pour diffamation , Le Nouvel Observateur, October 10, 2002
- ↑ Pommade en forêt , Le Nouvel Observateur, Sept. 3, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rouart, Jean-Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuilly-sur-Seine |