Jean Freustié
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Jean Freustié, aka Jean Pierre Teurlay (October 3, 1914 Libourne
(Gironde
) - 1983) was a French writer and literary critic. He won the 1969 Prix du roman de la société des gens de lettres
, and 1970 Prix Renaudot
, for Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison.
After his secondary education at the Institution of Montesquieu Libourne, he studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Bordeaux and then in Algiers.
He interned at the Hospital of Bordeaux in 1936, then he moved to Paris where he became a medical officer in 1950.
He attended the café Le Procope, with Jacques Brenner and Claude Perdriel, and their literary magazine, Le Cahier des saisons. He knew Françoise Sagan
, Bernard Frank, Jean-Louis Curtis
and Francis Nourissier, and met with great writers like Jacques Chardonne
, Paul Morand
, Jean Cocteau
and Eugene Ionesco
.
He wrote for the France Observateur as a literary critic beginning in 1961.
Retaining his position as literary critic for the Nouvel Observateur in 1964, he is also literary adviser for Denoël.
The Prix Jean Freustié is awarded annually.
His papers are held at l'Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine.
Libourne
Libourne is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.-Geography:...
(Gironde
Gironde
For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...
) - 1983) was a French writer and literary critic. He won the 1969 Prix du roman de la société des gens de lettres
Société des gens de lettres
The Sociéte des gens de lettres de France is a writers' association founded in 1838 by the notable French authors Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and George Sand...
, and 1970 Prix Renaudot
Prix Renaudot
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award which was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of the deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt....
, for Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison.
Biography
He was raised in a wealthy family whose father was a wine merchant.After his secondary education at the Institution of Montesquieu Libourne, he studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Bordeaux and then in Algiers.
He interned at the Hospital of Bordeaux in 1936, then he moved to Paris where he became a medical officer in 1950.
He attended the café Le Procope, with Jacques Brenner and Claude Perdriel, and their literary magazine, Le Cahier des saisons. He knew Françoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan – real name Françoise Quoirez – was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Hailed as "a charming little monster" by François Mauriac on the front page of Le Figaro, Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois...
, Bernard Frank, Jean-Louis Curtis
Jean-Louis Curtis
Jean-Louis Curtis , pseudonym of Louis Laffitte, was a French novelist best known for his second novel The Forests of the Night , which won France's highest literary award the Prix Goncourt in 1947. He has authored over 30 novels.Curtis was born in Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques...
and Francis Nourissier, and met with great writers like Jacques Chardonne
Jacques Chardonne
Jacques Chardonne is the pseudonym of French writer Jacques Boutelleau...
, Paul Morand
Paul Morand
Paul Morand was a French diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet, considered an early Modernist.He was a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies...
, Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
and Eugene Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd...
.
He wrote for the France Observateur as a literary critic beginning in 1961.
Retaining his position as literary critic for the Nouvel Observateur in 1964, he is also literary adviser for Denoël.
The Prix Jean Freustié is awarded annually.
His papers are held at l'Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine.
Works
- Ne délivrer que sur ordonnance (Do to prescription), éditions de la Table ronde, 1952; Gallimard, 1974
- Marthe ou les Amants tristes 1958; Table ronde, 1978
- Les Filles La Table ronde, 1959
- Un autre été La Table ronde, 1961
- La Passerelle (The Bridge), Grasset, 1963, Roger Nimier prize
- Les Collines de l’Est B. Grasset, 1967. short stories
- Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison La Table ronde, 1970; W. H. Allen, 1972, ISBN 9780491006224; La Table Ronde, 1980, ISBN 9782070363681
- L'héritage du vent (Legacy of the Wind), Stock, 1979; Gallimard, 1983, ISBN 9782070374960
- L'entracte algérien (Algerian Intermission), Balland, 1982; Paris-Méditerranée, 2001, ISBN 9782842721053
Sources
- Salim JaySalim JaySalim Jay is a Moroccan novelist, essayist and literary critic. He was born in Paris from a Moroccan father and a French mother. He has written about 20 books, numerous essays and more than thousand newspaper articles....
, Jean Freustié, romancier de la sincérité, Editions du Rocher, 1998, ISBN 9782268027999
External links
- "Jean Freustié", French wikipedia
- http://www.ledilettante.com/fiche-auteur.asp?Clef=231