Émile Servan-Schreiber

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Émile Servan-Schreiber
Born
Émile Schreiber

(1888-12-10)10 December 1888
10th arrondissement of Paris, France
Died29 December 1967(1967-12-29) (aged 79)
Veulettes-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France
EducationCollège Rollin
OccupationJournalist
SpouseDenise Brésard
Children2 sons, 3 daughters
Parent(s)Joseph Schreiber
Clara Feilchenfeld
RelativesVincent Ferniot (grandson)

Émile Servan-Schreiber (French pronunciation:

Les Échos
. He was the author of several books.

Early life

Émile Servan-Schreiber was born as Émile Schreiber on December 20, 1888, in Paris, France.[1] His father, Joseph Schreiber, was a Jewish-Prussian immigrant.[2][3] His mother, born Clara Feilchenfeld, spoke Yiddish.[4] His patronym, Schreiber, means "writer" in German.[5] He had three brothers, André, Georges and Robert.[2]

Servan-Schreiber was educated at the Collège Rollin in Paris.[6] During World War I, he served in the French Army.[2] He received the Croix de Guerre for his service.[3]

Career

Servan-Schreiber was a journalist.

Les Échos with his brother André in 1908.[2] He was also a contributor; for example, in 1960, he wrote that the Algerian War could not be compared to World War I, as more French people were dying in car accidents than on the battlefield.[7] The newspaper was sold by the Schreibers in 1963.[2]

Servan-Schreiber was a journalist for

Books Abroad,[9] while his fifth book, L'Amérique Réagit, was reviewed by Albert J. Guerard, also in Books Abroad.[10] His ninth book, Le Portugal de Salazar, was reviewed by Armando Frumento in Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia.[11]

Personal life and death

Servan-Schreiber married Denise Brésard, a Roman Catholic.[2] They had two sons, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, and three daughters, Brigitte Gros, Bernadette Gradis, and Christiane Collange.[5]

Prior to World War II, Servan-Schreiber purchased "Chalet Nanouk", a chalet in Mont d'Arbois upon the recommendation of Baroness Noémie de Rothschild.[4] During the war, he took the pseudonym of "Servan" and hid in the chalet with his parents, his wife and his children.[4] Servan-Schreiber legally changed his name on November 5, 1952, adding "Servan" before "Schreiber".[1]

Servan-Schreiber died on December 29, 1967, in Veulettes-sur-Mer, France.[1]

Works

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Émile Servan-Schreiber (1888-1967)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bastière, Jean-Marc (January 22, 2015). "Émile... le premier des Servan-Schreiber". Le Figaro. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Catinchi, Philippe-Jean (February 17, 2015). "L'épopée journalistique d'Emile Servan-Schreiber". Le Monde. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. ^
    OCLC 181625519
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  5. ^ a b c Chavelet, Elisabeth (January 17, 2015). "Une histoire française". Paris Match. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  6. OCLC 900606262
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  7. OCLC 407144042
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  8. JSTOR 24258200
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  9. JSTOR 40074292
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  10. JSTOR 40076785
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  11. JSTOR 23234298
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