Jean Tharaud
Jean Tharaud (birth name: Charles Tharaud ; born May 9, 1877 in Saint-Junien , Haute-Vienne , † April 8, 1952 ) was a French writer who became a member of the Académie française in 1946 . His older brother Jérôme Tharaud , with whom he wrote most of his novels and with whom he received the prestigious Prix Goncourt for Dingley, l'illustre écrivain in 1906 , became a member of the academy in 1938.
Life
Tharaud grew up with his older brother Jérome in the Charente department . After his admission to the Saint-Cyr military school was rejected after attending the Lycée in Angoulême , he went to Paris to begin training as an inspector in financial management. However, he decided to start studying philosophy in Paris and began writing with his brother. Both worked as secretaries to the politician and writer Maurice Barrès to earn a living . The Tharaud brothers received the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1906 for their novel Dingley, l'illustre écrivain . In 1907 he participated in the invasion of Hubert Lyautey in Morocco partially processed and the experiences there in numerous works. Much of the literary work dealt with historical and contemporary topics, but also with the situation of Islam and Judaism . Since Jérome had stayed in Hungary before the war, they wrote a book in 1921 about the upheavals in Hungary since 1918 and not only used French anti-Semitism in the title Quand Israël est roi (German: The rule of Israel ) .
After his brother had been elected a member of the Academy in 1938, he himself became a member of the Académie française on February 14, 1946 with 13 votes to seven for the writer Maurice Bedel , where he succeeded Louis Bertrand until his death fourth armchair (armchair 4). The Tharaud brothers were after Maurice de Broglie and Louis de Broglie , who became members in 1934 and 1944, respectively, the second pair of brothers to become members of the Académie française in the 20th century. Jean Tharaud was, like his brother, an officer of the Legion of Honor .
Publications
- La rein de Palmyre , 1898
- Le Coltineur débile , 1898
- La lumière , 1900
- Dingley, l'illustre écrivain , 1902
- Contes de la Vierge , 1902
- Les Hobereaux , 1904
- L'ami de l'ordre , 1905
- Les frères ennemis , 1906
- La ville et les champs (1870-1871) , 1907
- Bar-Cochebas , 1907
- Déroulède , 1909
- La maîtresse servante , 1911
- La fete arabe , 1912
- La bataille à Scutari d'Albanie , 1913
- La tragédie de Ravaillac , 1913
- La mort de Déroulède. Paul Déroulède. La vie et la mort de Paul Déroulède , 1914
- L'ombre de la croix , 1917
- Rabat, ou les heures marocaines , 1918
- Une relève , 1919
- Un royaume de Dieu , 1920
- Marrakech ou les seigneurs de l'Atlas , 1920
- Quand Israël est roi , 1921
- L'invitation au voyage , 1922
- La randonnée de Samba Diouf , 1922
- La maison de Mirabeau , 1923
- Le Chemin de Damas , 1923
- Un drame de l'automne , 1923
- Au mur des pleurs , 1924
- Un grand maître n'est plus , 1924
- L'an prochain à Jérusalem , 1924
- Rendez-vous espagnols , 1924
- Monsieur France, Bergeret et Frère Léon , 1925
- Causerie sur Israël , 1926
- Notre cher Péguy , 1927
- Petite histoire des Juifs , 1927
- L'âme de Péguy. Pour les fidèles de Péguy , 1927
- En Bretagne , 1927
- Noël au Deux-Magots , 1927
- La Semaine Sainte à Séville , 1927
- La rose de Sâron , 1927
- Mes années chez Barrès , 1928
- La promenade de Sion-Vaudémont , 1928
- La séduction provençale , 1928
- La chronique des frères ennemis , 1929
- L'Empereur, le Philosophe et l'Évêque , 1930
- Fes ou les bourgeois de l'Islam. La nuit de Fès , 1930
- L'oiseau d'or , 1931
- Les bien-aimées , 1932
- Paris-Saïgon dans l'azur , 1932
- Histoires vraies , 1933
- La fin des Habsbourg , 1933
- La jument errante , 1933
- Quand Israël n'est plus roi , 1933
- Versailles , 1934
- Vienne la Rouge , 1934
- Les mille et un jours de l'Islam I: Les cavaliers d'Allah , 1935
- Le passant d'Éthiopie , 1936
- Cruelle Espagne , 1937
- Alerte en Syrie , 1937
- Les mille et un jours de l'Islam II: Les grains de la grenade , 1938
- L'envoyé de l'Archange , 1939
- Les contes de la Vierge , 1940
- Les mille et un jour de l'Islam III: Le rayon vert , 1941
- Contes de Notre-Dame , 1943
- Il était un petit navire , 1944
- Pour les fidèles de Barrès , 1944
- Vers d'almanach , 1945
- Le miracle de Théophile , 1945
- Fumées de Paris et d'ailleurs , 1946
- Vieille Perse et jeune Iran , 1947
- Le chemin d'Israël , 1948
- Les enfants perdus , 1948
- Pour les fidèles de Péguy , 1949
- Les mille et un jours de l'Islam IV: La chaîne d'or , 1950
- La double confidence 1951
- in German language
- Out of Sturm und Not , original title La ville et les champs (1870-1871) , 1909
- The shadow of the cross , original title L'ombre de la croix , 1922
- The rule of Israel . Transferred from C. Zell. Almathea, Zurich 1927. Original title Quand Israël est roi
- Why the birds sing , original title Pourquoi les oiseaux chantent , 1930
Web links and sources
- Literature by and about Jean Tharaud in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ The rule of Israel , German 1927, first 1921, passim
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tharaud, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tharaud, Charles (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer, essayist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Junien , Haute-Vienne department |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1952 |