Marc Barbezat
Marc Barbezat (born November 26, 1913 in Lyon ; † April 26, 1999 ibid) was a French publisher , publicist and pharmacist . In 1940 he founded the literary magazine l'Arbalète (The Crossbow) as editor and a publisher of the same name.
Life
Born in Lyon, Marc Barbezat took over the helm of his father's pharmaceutical company in Décines-Charpieu, today the chemical company Gifrer-Barbezat . After being mobilized towards the front at the beginning of the Second World War , the enthusiastic reader launched the magazine l'Arbalète in Lyon in 1940 , and in the following years he relocated the publishing house to the 6th arrondissement , 8 Rue Godefroy. By 1948 it comprised a total of 13 editions, with authors such as Antonin Artaud , Mouloudji , Michel Leiris , Paul Claudel , Raymond Queneau , Jean-Paul Sartre , Ernest Hemingway , Henri Michaux and Louis-René des Forêts. The editions of l'Arbalète edited by Marc Barbezat and Olga Kechelievitch were best known for the publication of the first books by Jean Genet . Marc Barbezat published a total of eleven texts by Genet, including Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs , Miracle de la rose , L'Enfant criminel , before a dispute separated them and the writer worked with the Éditions Gallimard from 1966.
Barbezat married the actress Olga Kechelievitch .
Marc Barbezat was the discoverer and first editor of Jean Genets, the author of Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs , le Miracle de la rose , les Poèmes de 1948 , les Bonnes , le Balcon , les Nègres , les Paravents and a lifelong friend of the author .
See also
literature
- Jean-Christophe Stuccilli: “L'éditeur et l'illustrateur. Genèse de L'Arbalète à travers la correspondance de Marc Barbezat à Jean Martin ”, Gryphe: Revue de la Bibliothèque de Lyon, No. 12, October 2005, pp. 1-10
Web links
- James Kirkup: "Obituary: Marc Barbezat", www.independent.co.uk (English)
- Stéphane Lépine: “Lettres à Olga et Marc Barbezat” / “Jean Genet. Essai de chronologie 1910–1944 "/" les Nègres au Port de la lune, Genet et les différences ", http://id.erudit.org/ (French; PDF; 1.0 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Marc Barbezat, l'éditeur de Jean Genet, www.bm-lyon.fr (French) .
- ↑ Claire Devarrieux: Il avait Edite Jean Genet sans le censurer / Marc Barbezat, mort il ya une semaine, a publié dès l'auteur 1944 the "Bonnes" www.liberation.fr (French) .
- ^ Obituary: Marc Barbezat . The Independent, May 6, 1999
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barbezat, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1999 |
| Place of death | Lyon |