Pierre Gamarra

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Pierre Gamarra

Pierre Gamarra (born July 10, 1919 in Toulouse , † May 20, 2009 in Argenteuil ) was a French writer.

biography

Pierre Gamarra comes from the Spanish Basque Country and Languedoc . He was first a school teacher, then a journalist and above all a storyteller, poet and literary critic. He has also written essays and plays. His work dedicated to youth (stories, plays or poems) is often taught in French schools.

He was awarded the international Charles Veillon Prize in Lausanne in 1948 for his novel La Maison de feu .

In 1951, Pierre Gamarra took over responsibility for editing the literary magazine Europe under the leadership of Pierre Abraham, whom he succeeded in 1974 as head of the magazine.

Be it in prose or through poetry, Pierre Gamarra is recognized as one of the most interesting French writers for the youth. His fables and poems (including the famous mon cartable ) are well known to the students. His work for young people also includes novels. In all of his romanesque work, Pierre Gamarra masters the way of depicting colors and atmospheres and also of creating tension, as in L'assassin a le prix Goncourt or Capitaine Printemps . In 1955, one of his best-known novels, Le Maître d'école , was published, in which he described the life of Simon Sermet, a lay schoolteacher based in the south of France. He has also written a fictional trilogy on Toulouse : The Secrets of Toulouse (1969), Gold and Blood (1973) and The Happiness of Seventy-Two Days (1977).

In 1985 he was awarded the Grand Prix de la Société des Gens de Lettres for Le Fleuve palimpseste .

He has often been described as an Occitan writer in the French language. His work is extensive. For more than 50 years he has written a literary review that he founded for Revue Europe . In this chronicle he placed French and foreign publications, remaining true to the original meaning of the review, the discovery and dissemination of literature from the "small countries".

Works translated into German

  • The little girl and the pigeon. A nice story . German Committee of Fighters for Peace, Berlin 1950.
  • Black bread children . Translated by Käte Arendt. Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1952.
  • The lilacs of St. Lazare . Translated by Rudolf Pabel. VVN Verlag, Berlin 1952.
  • Rosalie Brousse . Translated by Tilly Bergner. Petermänken-Verlag, Schwerin 1955.
  • The beautiful with the eyes of loneliness. Novellas . Translated by Paul Schlicht. Verlag Tribüne, Berlin 1957.
  • The schoolmaster . Translated by Paul Schlicht. Verlag Tribüne, Berlin 1961.
  • The plumed serpent. A Mexican-Pyrenees adventure . Translated by Brigitte Helmstaedt. Engelbert Verlag, Balve 1963, complete equipment by Heiner Rothfuchs .
    • Licensed edition under the title The Aztec by Fabiac. An adventure in the Pyrenees . Translated by Brigitte Helmstaedt. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1966, illustrations by José Sancha.
  • The unknown. Narratives . Translated by Karl Heinrich. Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1963.
  • The murderer received the Prix Goncourt. Detective novel . Translated by Michael O. Güsten . Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1965.
  • Capitaine spring . Translated by Eva Schewe. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1967.
  • The secrets of Toulouse . Translated by Tilly Bergner. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1969.
  • King Flute Sound and Co. A piece for children . Translated by Wolfgang Frommel . Thienemanns Theaterverlag, Stuttgart 1971.
  • Gold and blood . Translated by Tilly Bergner. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1973.
  • The happiness of the seventy-two days . Translated by Tilly Bergner. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1977.
  • The rainbow tea. A fairy tale . Translated by Marianne Schilow. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1977, illustrations by Gerhard Lahr .
  • For $ 50,000 of gum . Translated by Olga and Erich Fetter. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1980.
  • Mandarin and tangerine . Interlinear translation by Thomas Dobberkau, retouched by Heinz Kahlau . Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1982, illustrations by René Moreu.

Collective works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les Mystères de Toulouse (1967), L'Or et le Sang (1972) and 72 Soleils (1975).
  2. ^ Fr .: Les Mains des hommes
  3. ↑ Les Jardins d'Allah and Les Amours du potier
  4. ↑ VDB catalog

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personal data
SURNAME Gamarra, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Toulouse
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 2009
Place of death Argenteuil