Pierre Rey

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Pierre Rey (born April 27, 1930 in Bédarrides near Avignon , † July 22, 2006 in Paris ) was a French journalist and writer.

Life

Pierre Rey originally turned to the fine arts. His drawings appeared in almost all of the major French newspapers and magazines. But he soon proved his talent for writing and turned to the social events of Paris: 1959 with Paris-Presse , from 1963 with Paris-Jour . In 1963 he received the Prix ​​de la Chronique parisienne and in 1965 he was first editor-in-chief and later director of Marie Claire . In 1973 he finally decided to become a writer.

Good friends with many Hollywood stars and Parisian celebrities, Rey addressed the glamor and misery of this world in numerous of his books. His first novel The Greek (1973) about the Greek shipowner and billionaire Aristotle Onassis and his stormy relationship with the opera singer Maria Callas , became a bestseller that sold a million times . It was followed by: La veuve (The Widow) (1976), Out (1977), Palm Beach (1979), Sunset (1988).

In 1979 Rey began treatment with the Pope of French psychoanalysis Jacques Lacan . After ten years of analysis on Lacan's couch, he gave moving evidence of this time in 1989 with his book Une Saison chez Lacan (A Season at Lacan). "The analysis turned me inside out," said Rey, who was now forced to write books of success in order to be able to pay the sinfully expensive fee for Lacan.

Other novels followed: Bleu Ritz (1990), Liouba (1992), Le rocher (The Rock) (1995), then L'ombre du paradis (Shadows in Paradise) (2001) - again a bestseller . As a cosmopolitan , Rey was constantly traveling between Hollywood , Dublin , Rome and Paris, which he commented with " My home is Air France ". Looking back on his life, he said:

"J'ai vécu chaque jour de ma vie comme si j'allais mourir dans 5 minutes"

- Pierre Rey

Boxing, swimming and water polo were among the sporty novelist's leisure preferences. He was married to the well-known French actress Pascale Roberts (born Marie-Josée Maud Roberts-Walsain-Laurent (born October 21, 1930)) and had two children from his various relationships.

Works (selection)

  • The Greek ("Le grec", 1973). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1994, ISBN 3-548-23481-X (Biography of a novel about Aristotle Onassis).
  • The widow (“La veuve”, 1976). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1995, ISBN 3-548-23573-5 (biography of a novel about Jacqueline Kennedy).
  • The gnome of Zurich (“Out”, 1977). Moewwig Verlag, Rastatt 1986, ISBN 3-8118-2166-0 (discusses the influence of the New York Mafia on Swiss banks).
  • The palace. A princely house novel (“Le rocher”, 1995). Herbig Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7766-1928-7 (novel about the Grimaldi family).
  • The Russian. Roman ("Liouba", 1992). Econ-Taschenbuchverlag, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-612-27170-9 (discusses the situation of dissidents in Moscow in 1991).
  • Kiss the clouds. Novel of an unusual relationship . Bastei-Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1992, ISBN 3-404-11859-6 .
  • Palm Beach. Novel . Laffont, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-221-00341-1 .
  • Sunset. Roman ("Sunset", 1988). Heyne, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-453-05664-7 .
  • A season at Lacan (“Une Saison chez Lacan”, 1989). Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85165-175-8 (thematizes Rey's experience with psychoanalysis).
  • Bleu Ritz. Novel . Laffont, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-221-06666-9 .
  • L'ombre du paradis . Gallimard, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-07-030469-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Every day of my life I have lived as if I would die in five minutes"
  2. ↑ a b c according to DNB , no German translation seems to exist yet
personal data
SURNAME Rey, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Bédarrides near Avignon
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2006
Place of death Paris