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[[File:Pierre Emmanuel.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Pierre Emmanuel by [[Willy Eisenschitz]] during World War 2.]] |
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'''Noël Mathieu''' (3 May 1916, [[Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] – |
'''Noël Mathieu''' (3 May 1916, [[Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] – 22 September 1984, [[Paris]]) better known under his pseudonym '''Pierre Emmanuel''', was a French poet of Christian inspiration. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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He was the third member elected to occupy seat 4 of the [[Académie française]] in 1968, president of [[PEN International]] between 1969 and 1971, president of French PEN Club between 1973 and 1976, and the first president of the French [[Institut national de l'audiovisuel]] in 1975. |
He was the third member elected to occupy seat 4 of the [[Académie française]] in 1968, president of [[PEN International]] between 1969 and 1971, president of French PEN Club between 1973 and 1976, and the first president of the French [[Institut national de l'audiovisuel]] in 1975.<ref>Official site of poet Pierre [http://www.pierre-emmanuel.net/c/Biographie/En_bref/page/1 Emmanuel].</ref> |
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His second wife, née Janine Loo, died on April 23, 2013 at the age of 92. She is buried, with Pierre Emmanuel, in the Père-Lachaise cemetery (57th division). |
His second wife, née Janine Loo (daughter of [[C. T. Loo]]), died on April 23, 2013, at the age of 92. She is buried, with Pierre Emmanuel, in the Père-Lachaise cemetery (57th division). |
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==Académie française== |
==Académie française== |
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Pierre Emmanuel was elected to the [[Académie Française|Académie française]] (French Academy) on April 25, 1968, succeeding [[Alphonse Juin|Marshal Juin]]. His official reception took place on June 5, 1969. After the election of [[Félicien Marceau]], whose collaborationist attitude he denounced, he resigned from the Academy in 1975 and ceased to sit. His colleagues, however, |
Pierre Emmanuel was elected to the [[Académie Française|Académie française]] (French Academy) on April 25, 1968, succeeding [[Alphonse Juin|Marshal Juin]]. His official reception took place on June 5, 1969. After the election of [[Félicien Marceau]], whose collaborationist attitude he denounced, he resigned from the Academy in 1975 and ceased to sit. His colleagues, however, followed tradition by refusing to take note of this decision and respectfully waiting until his death to replace him with the election of medicine Professor [[Jean Hamburger]] on April 18, 1985. |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 1 May 2023
Noël Mathieu (3 May 1916, Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques – 22 September 1984, Paris) better known under his pseudonym Pierre Emmanuel, was a French poet of Christian inspiration.
Biography
[edit]He was the third member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1968, president of PEN International between 1969 and 1971, president of French PEN Club between 1973 and 1976, and the first president of the French Institut national de l'audiovisuel in 1975.[1]
His second wife, née Janine Loo (daughter of C. T. Loo), died on April 23, 2013, at the age of 92. She is buried, with Pierre Emmanuel, in the Père-Lachaise cemetery (57th division).
Académie française
[edit]Pierre Emmanuel was elected to the Académie française (French Academy) on April 25, 1968, succeeding Marshal Juin. His official reception took place on June 5, 1969. After the election of Félicien Marceau, whose collaborationist attitude he denounced, he resigned from the Academy in 1975 and ceased to sit. His colleagues, however, followed tradition by refusing to take note of this decision and respectfully waiting until his death to replace him with the election of medicine Professor Jean Hamburger on April 18, 1985.
Works
[edit]Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article (for poetry) or "[year] in literature" article (for prose):
Poetry
[edit]- 1940: Elégies[2]
- 1941: Tombeau d'Orphée[2]
- 1942: Le Poète et son Christ[2]
- 1943: Jour de colère ("Day of Wrath"), including "Hymne de la liberté" ("Hymn to Freedom")[3]
- 1943: "Les dents serrées", published in L’Honneur des poètes anthology, Éditions de Minuit[4]
- 1943: La Colombe[2]
- 1944: Le Poète fou ("The Mad Poet")[2]
- 1944: Mémento des vivants[2]
- 1944: Sodome[2]
- 1945: Combats avec tes défenseurs[5]
- 1945: La liberté guide nos pas[2]
- 1947: Poésie, raison ardente[2]
- 1947: Qui est cet homme[2]
- 1949: Car enfin je vous aime[2]
- 1952: Babel[2]
- 1956: Visage Nuage[2]
- 1958: Versant de l'Âge[2]
- 1961: Evangéliaire[2]
- 1963: Le Goût de l'un[2]
- 1963: La Nouvelle Naissance[2]
- 1965: La Face Humaine[2]
- 1970: Jacob[2]
- 1973: Sophia[2]
- 1976: La Vie Terrestre[2]
- 1978: Tu[2]
- Le Livre de l'Homme et de la Femme, a trilogy:[2]
- 1981: L'Arbre et le Vent[2]
- 1981: Le grand oeuvre, published a few weeks before his death[5]
- 1984: Le grand œuvre. Une cosmogonie
Posthumously published
[edit]- 2001: Tombeau d'Orphée suivi de Hymnes orphiques, édition établie et préfacée par Anne-Sophie Andreu, Lausanne, L'Âge d'homme, coll. Amers, 2001.
- 2001: Œuvres poétiques complètes, Lausanne, L'Âge d'homme, 2001, t. I, 1940-1963.
- 2003: Œuvres poétiques complètes, Lausanne, L'Âge d'homme, 2003, t. II, 1970-1984.
- 2005: Lettres à Albert Béguin : correspondance 1941-1952 (édition établie et annotée par Aude Préta-de Beaufort). Lausanne, Paris : L'Âge d'homme, coll. « Cahiers Pierre Emmanuel » n° 2, 2005. ISBN 2-8251-1921-0.
Prose
[edit]- 1950: The Universal Singular: The Autobiography of Pierre Emmanuel (trans. Erik de Mauny), Grey Walls Press: London.
- 1967: Le monde est intérieur ("The World is Inside")[2]
Interviews
[edit]- « Les dernières interrogations de Pierre Emmanuel » Emmanuel's final interview conducted by Damian Pettigrew, published in Le Monde, 7 October 1984
References
[edit]- "Pierre Emmanuel (1916-1984)" (in French). Académie française. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ Official site of poet Pierre Emmanuel.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Web pages titled "Œuvres de Pierre EMMANUEL" Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine (for information on years of publication) and "Pierre EMMANUEL (1916-1984)" Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, for identification as works of poetry, at the Académie française website, retrieved July 11, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Pierre Emmanuel, "Jour de colère", "Hymne de la liberté" Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine at the oodoc.com website (translation "Day of Wrath" from Google), retrieved July 11, 2010
- ^ Web page titled "Baccalauréat : épreuve anticipée de français" Archived 2010-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French), retrieved July 11, 2010
- ^ a b Web page titled "PIERRE EMMANUEL PAPERS" at the Wichita State University Libraries website, retrieved July 11, 2010
External links
[edit]- Pierre Emmanuel - The official site of Pierre Emmanuel
- PEN International
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1984 deaths
- People from Béarn
- Members of the Académie Française
- Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Grand Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- 20th-century French poets
- French male poets
- 20th-century French male writers
- Congress for Cultural Freedom