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"Le Livre sur la Place", Nancy, 2022

Gérard de Cortanze (born 22 July 1948 in Paris) is a French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic. He won the Prix Renaudot in 2002 for his historical novel Assam. He was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2009. [1]

Career

He published essays on Paul Auster, J.M.G. Le Clézio, and the history of Surrealism. He collaborated with Le Figaro Magazine, as well as literary writing and is responsible for the Folio Biographies collection launched by Gallimard in 2005.

He translated works of Spanish writers, such as the Mexican Jose Emilio Pacheco, the Nicaraguan Rubén Darío, Argentine exile in France Juan José Saer, the notebooks of the Spanish painter Antonio Saura (1930–1998), and poems, like those of Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo (1892–1938) and the Chilean Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948).

He is president of the jury prize for the Jean-Monnet Prize for European Literature, awarded annually since 1995, to reward a European writer for a book written or translated into French.

The award-winning Assam tells the story of Aventino Roero Di Cortanze, an Italian aristocrat at the time of the French invasion of Italy. The first section of the story dramatizes his response to the invasion and his involvement in the battle scenes, which are perhaps modelled on those in War and Peace or Red Badge of Courage. The second section describes a trip to south Asia under the influence of a friend who is eager to find a way to develop an Indian tea trade within Italy to compete with the tea trade with China that Britain was developing at this time. In the third section, Aventino returns to occupied Italy and must choose between cooperation with the victorious French, joining the Austrians (themselves traditional enemies of his native Piedmont) and the promotion not only of Italian unity but also an independent resistance movement or in other words an Italian maquis. This story, a French novel in which the French are the aggressors, naturally raises questions about France's own experience of being invaded by a major continental power in the 20th century.

Works

Novels

  • Gérard de Cortanze, René Major, Le livre de la morte, Paris, Aubier-Montaigne, coll. « Écrit Sur Parole », 1980 (reprint 1992), ISBN  978-2-7007-0219-4
  • Les enfants s'ennuient le dimanche, Paris, Hachette, 1985, ISBN  978-2-01-011520-2; Arles, Actes Sud, coll. « Babel », 1999, ISBN  978-2-7427-2509-0
  • Giuliana, Paris, Belfond, 1986, ISBN  978-2-7144-1927-9; Arles, Actes Sud, coll. « Babel », 1999, ISBN  978-2-7427-1888-7
  • Elle demande si c'est encore la nuit, Paris, Belfond, 1988, ISBN  978-2-7144-2136-4; Paris-Monaco, Éditions du Rocher, 1991
  • L'amour dans la ville, Paris, Albin Michel, 1993, ISBN  978-2-226-06223-9; Paris, LGF, coll. « Livre de Poche », 1996, ISBN  978-2-253-13990-4
  • L'ange de mer, Paris, Flammarion, coll. « Littérature française », 1996, ISBN  978-2-08-067108-0
  • Une chambre à Turin, Paris-Monaco, Éditions du Rocher, 2001, ISBN  978-2-268-03973-2; Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Folio », 2002, ISBN  978-2-07-042387-3
  • Le cycle des vice-rois
  • Banditi, Paris, Albin Michel, 2003, ISBN  978-2-226-14965-7
  • Spaghetti!, Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Haute enfance », 2005, ISBN  978-2-07-077517-0
  • Laura, Paris, Plon, 2005, ISBN  978-2-259-20377-7
  • Miss monde, Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Haute enfance », 2007, ISBN  978-2-07-078084-6
  • Claude Arnaud, Elisabeth Barillé, Gérard de Cortanze, Daniel Maximin, Paris *Portraits, Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Folio », 2007, ISBN  978-2-07-034245-7, « Le géorama Montparnasse »
  • De Gaulle en maillot de bain, Paris, Plon, 2007, ISBN  978-2-259-20300-5
  • Indigo, Paris, Plon, 2009, ISBN  978-2-259-20301-2
  • La belle endormie, Monaco-Paris, Le Serpent à Plumes, 2009, ISBN  978-2-268-06802-2
  • Miroirs, Paris, Plon, 2011, ISBN  978-2-259-21196-3
  • Les amants de Coyoacan, Paris, 2015, ISBN  978-2-226-31472-7

Poetry

  • Altérations, Éditions d'Atelier, 1973
  • Au seuil: La fêlure, PJO, 1974
  • U. Cenote, Alain Anseuw éditeur, 1980
  • Los Angelitos, Richard Sébastian Imprimeur, 1980
  • La Muerte solar, Pre-textos, 1985 ( ISBN  9788485081660)
  • Jours dans l'échancrure de la nuque, Paris, La Différence, coll. « Littérature », 1988, 219 p.  ISBN  978-2-7291-0288-3
  • La Porte de Cordoue, Paris, La Différence, coll. « Littérature », 1989, 143 p.  ISBN  978-2-7291-0449-8
  • Le Mouvement des choses, Paris, La Différence, coll. « Clepsydre », 1999, 189 p.  ISBN  978-2-7291-1246-2. Prix SGDL-Charles Vildrac, 1999.

Non-fiction

References

  1. ^ "Décret du 10 avril 2009 portant promotion et nomination". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Le Livre sur la Place", Nancy, 2022

Gérard de Cortanze (born 22 July 1948 in Paris) is a French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic. He won the Prix Renaudot in 2002 for his historical novel Assam. He was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2009. [1]

Career

He published essays on Paul Auster, J.M.G. Le Clézio, and the history of Surrealism. He collaborated with Le Figaro Magazine, as well as literary writing and is responsible for the Folio Biographies collection launched by Gallimard in 2005.

He translated works of Spanish writers, such as the Mexican Jose Emilio Pacheco, the Nicaraguan Rubén Darío, Argentine exile in France Juan José Saer, the notebooks of the Spanish painter Antonio Saura (1930–1998), and poems, like those of Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo (1892–1938) and the Chilean Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948).

He is president of the jury prize for the Jean-Monnet Prize for European Literature, awarded annually since 1995, to reward a European writer for a book written or translated into French.

The award-winning Assam tells the story of Aventino Roero Di Cortanze, an Italian aristocrat at the time of the French invasion of Italy. The first section of the story dramatizes his response to the invasion and his involvement in the battle scenes, which are perhaps modelled on those in War and Peace or Red Badge of Courage. The second section describes a trip to south Asia under the influence of a friend who is eager to find a way to develop an Indian tea trade within Italy to compete with the tea trade with China that Britain was developing at this time. In the third section, Aventino returns to occupied Italy and must choose between cooperation with the victorious French, joining the Austrians (themselves traditional enemies of his native Piedmont) and the promotion not only of Italian unity but also an independent resistance movement or in other words an Italian maquis. This story, a French novel in which the French are the aggressors, naturally raises questions about France's own experience of being invaded by a major continental power in the 20th century.

Works

Novels

  • Gérard de Cortanze, René Major, Le livre de la morte, Paris, Aubier-Montaigne, coll. « Écrit Sur Parole », 1980 (reprint 1992), ISBN  978-2-7007-0219-4
  • Les enfants s'ennuient le dimanche, Paris, Hachette, 1985, ISBN  978-2-01-011520-2; Arles, Actes Sud, coll. « Babel », 1999, ISBN  978-2-7427-2509-0
  • Giuliana, Paris, Belfond, 1986, ISBN  978-2-7144-1927-9; Arles, Actes Sud, coll. « Babel », 1999, ISBN  978-2-7427-1888-7
  • Elle demande si c'est encore la nuit, Paris, Belfond, 1988, ISBN  978-2-7144-2136-4; Paris-Monaco, Éditions du Rocher, 1991
  • L'amour dans la ville, Paris, Albin Michel, 1993, ISBN  978-2-226-06223-9; Paris, LGF, coll. « Livre de Poche », 1996, ISBN  978-2-253-13990-4
  • L'ange de mer, Paris, Flammarion, coll. « Littérature française », 1996, ISBN  978-2-08-067108-0
  • Une chambre à Turin, Paris-Monaco, Éditions du Rocher, 2001, ISBN  978-2-268-03973-2; Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Folio », 2002, ISBN  978-2-07-042387-3
  • Le cycle des vice-rois
  • Banditi, Paris, Albin Michel, 2003, ISBN  978-2-226-14965-7
  • Spaghetti!, Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Haute enfance », 2005, ISBN  978-2-07-077517-0
  • Laura, Paris, Plon, 2005, ISBN  978-2-259-20377-7
  • Miss monde, Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Haute enfance », 2007, ISBN  978-2-07-078084-6
  • Claude Arnaud, Elisabeth Barillé, Gérard de Cortanze, Daniel Maximin, Paris *Portraits, Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Folio », 2007, ISBN  978-2-07-034245-7, « Le géorama Montparnasse »
  • De Gaulle en maillot de bain, Paris, Plon, 2007, ISBN  978-2-259-20300-5
  • Indigo, Paris, Plon, 2009, ISBN  978-2-259-20301-2
  • La belle endormie, Monaco-Paris, Le Serpent à Plumes, 2009, ISBN  978-2-268-06802-2
  • Miroirs, Paris, Plon, 2011, ISBN  978-2-259-21196-3
  • Les amants de Coyoacan, Paris, 2015, ISBN  978-2-226-31472-7

Poetry

  • Altérations, Éditions d'Atelier, 1973
  • Au seuil: La fêlure, PJO, 1974
  • U. Cenote, Alain Anseuw éditeur, 1980
  • Los Angelitos, Richard Sébastian Imprimeur, 1980
  • La Muerte solar, Pre-textos, 1985 ( ISBN  9788485081660)
  • Jours dans l'échancrure de la nuque, Paris, La Différence, coll. « Littérature », 1988, 219 p.  ISBN  978-2-7291-0288-3
  • La Porte de Cordoue, Paris, La Différence, coll. « Littérature », 1989, 143 p.  ISBN  978-2-7291-0449-8
  • Le Mouvement des choses, Paris, La Différence, coll. « Clepsydre », 1999, 189 p.  ISBN  978-2-7291-1246-2. Prix SGDL-Charles Vildrac, 1999.

Non-fiction

References

  1. ^ "Décret du 10 avril 2009 portant promotion et nomination". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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