Pierre Audiat

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Pierre Audiat (born November 15, 1891 in Angoulême , † April 20, 1961 in Paris ) was a French journalist, Romance studies and literary scholar.

life and work

Audiat graduated from the École normal supérieure and in 1914 Agrégé . During the World War he was a decorated infantry officer. He completed his habilitation (after receiving a scholarship from the Thiers Foundation from 1919-1922) with the Thèses La biographie de l'oeuvre littéraire. Esquisse d'une méthode critique (Paris 1924), as well as "L'Aurélia" de Gérard de Nerval (Paris 1925), but renounced a university career in favor of an existence as an author, journalist and homme de lettres . From 1946 to 1956 he wrote the daily gloss "Au jour le jour" in the newspaper Le Monde .

Audiat was an officer of the Legion of Honor and holder of the order Croix de guerre .

Other works

Novels

  • La porte du fond. Roman , Paris 1935 (title re-used by Christiane Rochefort 1985)
  • La haute nuit. Roman , Paris 1939
  • Les ravagés. Roman , Paris 1948

Monographs

  • (Ed. With J. René Chevaillier) Les textes français , 6 vols., Paris 1927-1934; several editions; Les nouveaux textes français , Paris 1960-1965 (textbook on the history of literature)
  • (Ed. With J.-René Chevaillier) Madame de Sévigné, Lettres choisies , Paris 1927
  • Madame de Montespan , Paris 1938
  • La Grèce au temps des dieux , Paris 1938
  • Paris pendant la guerre (juin 1940-août 1944), Paris 1946 (Japanese Tokyo 1951)
  • Ainsi vécut Victor Hugo, Paris 1947
  • Vingt-cinq siècles de mariage , Paris 1961

literature

  • Maurice Rat , La mort de Pierre Audiat, in: Le Figaro 22. – 23. April 1961
  • Qui était qui. XXe siècle , Levallois-Perret 2005 sv

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personal data
SURNAME Audiate, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fontrailles, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French journalist, Romance studies and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Angoulême
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1961
Place of death Paris