Nouvelle Revue Française
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La Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF, or The New French Review in English) is a literary magazine
founded in 1909 by a group of intellectuals, including André Gide
, Jacques Copeau, and Jean Schlumberger. In 1911, Gaston Gallimard
became editor of the revue, which led to the founding of the publishing house, Éditions Gallimard
.
Established writers such as Paul Bourget
and Anatole France
contributed to the magazine from its early days. The magazine's influence grew until, during the between-war period, it became the leading literary journal, occupying a unique role in French culture. The first published works by André Malraux
and Jean-Paul Sartre
were in the pages of the Revue.
After liberation, the magazine was forbidden for collaborationism
, but reopened in 1953. The Revue was a monthly for many years, but is currently a quarterly.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
founded in 1909 by a group of intellectuals, including André Gide
André Gide
André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide...
, Jacques Copeau, and Jean Schlumberger. In 1911, Gaston Gallimard
Gaston Gallimard
Gaston Gallimard was a French publisher.He founded La Nouvelle Revue Française in 1908, together with André Gide and Jean Schlumberger....
became editor of the revue, which led to the founding of the publishing house, Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard is one of the leading French publishers of books. The Guardian has described it as having "the best backlist in the world". In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1418 titles....
.
Established writers such as Paul Bourget
Paul Bourget
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget , was a French novelist and critic.-Biography:He was born in Amiens in the Somme département of Picardie, France. His father, a professor of mathematics, was later appointed to a post in the college at Clermont-Ferrand, where Bourget received his early education...
and Anatole France
Anatole France
Anatole France , born François-Anatole Thibault, , was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters...
contributed to the magazine from its early days. The magazine's influence grew until, during the between-war period, it became the leading literary journal, occupying a unique role in French culture. The first published works by André Malraux
André Malraux
André Malraux DSO was a French adventurer, award-winning author, and statesman. Having traveled extensively in Indochina and China, Malraux was noted especially for his novel entitled La Condition Humaine , which won the Prix Goncourt...
and Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy, particularly Marxism, and was one of the key figures in literary...
were in the pages of the Revue.
After liberation, the magazine was forbidden for collaborationism
Collaborationism
Collaborationism is cooperation with enemy forces against one's country. Legally, it may be considered as a form of treason. Collaborationism may be associated with criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, which may include complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions,...
, but reopened in 1953. The Revue was a monthly for many years, but is currently a quarterly.
Directors
- 1908–1914: André GideAndré GideAndré Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide...
- Interruption due to war
- 1919–1925: Jacques RivièreJacques RivièreJacques Rivière was a French "man of letters". He edited La Nouvelle Revue Française from 1919 until his death...
- 1925–1940: Jean PaulhanJean PaulhanJean Paulhan was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine Nouvelle Revue Française from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was a member of the Académie Française...
- 1940–1945: Pierre Drieu La RochellePierre Drieu La RochellePierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle was a French writer of novels, short stories and political essays, who lived and died in Paris...
- Forbidden for collaborationismCollaborationismCollaborationism is cooperation with enemy forces against one's country. Legally, it may be considered as a form of treason. Collaborationism may be associated with criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, which may include complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions,...
- 1946–1968: Jean PaulhanJean PaulhanJean Paulhan was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine Nouvelle Revue Française from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was a member of the Académie Française...
- 1968–1977: Marcel ArlandMarcel ArlandMarcel Arland , was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist.-Life:...
- 1977–1987: Georges Lambrichs
- 1987–1996: Jacques RédaJacques RédaJacques Réda is a French poet, jazz critic, and flâneur. He was chief editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française from 1987 to 1996.-Works:*Amen *Récitatif *Les Ruines de Paris...
- 1996–1999: Bertrand VisageBertrand VisageBertrand Visage is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 1984, for Tous les soleils.-References:...
- 1999– : Michel Braudeau