Joseph Peyre
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Joseph Peyré was a French writer.
, then Paris and Bordeaux (Doctor of Laws and Bachelor of Philosophy), he went into journalism.
Three themes animate the work of the "novelist of loneliness and the exaltation of man":
Joseph Peyre has also devoted several books to his native Béarn
, The Pit and the house, my Bearn basque to the sea, and the Basque Country: Basque John (illustrated by Ramiro Arrue), The Bridge of spells.
Aydie, the birthplace of Peyre, is part of the canton of Garlin; College of Garlin named Joseph Peyre.
Life
His father was a schoolteacher. He studied at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, at the Lycee Louis-BarthouLycée Louis-Barthou
Lycée Louis-Barthou is a secondary school in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.The school's history goes back to a religious establishment founded by Jesuits in 1640...
, then Paris and Bordeaux (Doctor of Laws and Bachelor of Philosophy), he went into journalism.
Three themes animate the work of the "novelist of loneliness and the exaltation of man":
- The desert and travels through the sand, in his Sahara cycle, in particular White Squadron (Renaissance 1931), The Leader in the Star Silver (Carthage 1934), The Legend of goumier Said;
- Spain, seen in Blood and Enlightenment (Prix Goncourt 1935) or Guadalquivir;
- The mountain, in the Matterhorn (1939) and Mount Everest (1942).
Joseph Peyre has also devoted several books to his native Béarn
Béarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...
, The Pit and the house, my Bearn basque to the sea, and the Basque Country: Basque John (illustrated by Ramiro Arrue), The Bridge of spells.
Posterity
His memory still lives, in Vic-Bihl taurine where tradition persists. The "trophy Joseph Peyre, presented annually by the Peña Garlin of taurine, rewards the triumph of novilladas summer.Aydie, the birthplace of Peyre, is part of the canton of Garlin; College of Garlin named Joseph Peyre.
Works
- Sur la terrasse, 1922
- Francis Carco, 1923
- Les Complices, 1928
- Xénia, préface by Joseph KesselJoseph KesselJoseph Kessel was a French journalist and novelist.He was born in Villa Clara, Entre Ríos, Argentina, because of the constant journeys of his father, a Lithuanian doctor of Jewish origin. Joseph Kessel lived the first years of his childhood in Orenburg, Russia, before the family moved to France...
, 1930 - L'Escadron blanc, 1931
- Le Chef à l'étoile d'argent, 1933
- Sous l'étendard vert, 1934
- Coups durs, 1935
- Sang et Lumières, 1935
- L'Homme de choc, 1936
- Roc-Gibraltar, 1937
- De cape et d'épée, 1938
- Matterhorn, 1939
- Croix du sud, 1942
- Mont Everest, 1942
- Proie des ombres, 1943
- Romanesque Tanger, 1943
- Sahara éternel, 1944
- Un soldat chez les hommes, 1946
- Mallory et son dieu, 1947
- La Tour de l'or, 1947
- L'Étang Réal, 1949
- La Légende du goumier Saïd, 1950
- Inoa, 1951
- De mon Béarn à la mer basque, 1952
- Guadalquivir, 1952
- Jean le Basque, 1953
- La Passion selon Séville..., 1953
- Le Puits et la Maison , 1955
- Les Quatre Capitaines, 1956
- De sable et d'or, 1957
- Une fille de Saragosse, 1957
- Pays basque, Les Albums des Guides bleus, 1957
- Souvenirs d'un enfant, 1958
- Le Pont des sorts, 1959
- Le Pré aux ours, 1959
- Cheval piaffant - un Basque chez les Sioux, 1960
- Le Plan du soleil, 1960
- Les Lanciers de Jerez, 1961
- Les Remparts de Cadix, 1962
- L'Alcade de San Juan, 1963
- Feu et sang de juillet, 1964
Sources
- Pierre Delay, Joseph Peyré 1892-1968 - L'homme et l'œuvre, J&D Éditions, Biarritz, 1992 (ISBN 2906483567)
- Joseph Peyré - L'Homme de ses livres, Collectif, Actes du colloque international de Pau 1992, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, J&D Éditions, Biarritz, 1994 (ISBN 2841270181)