Pierre Pascal

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Pierre Pascal
Born(1909-04-16)16 April 1909
Died13 January 1990(1990-01-13) (aged 80)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)poet, essayist, iranologist, translator

Pierre Pascal (16 April 1909 – 13 January 1990) was a French poet, essayist, Iranologist and translator.[1]

He was the only son of chemist Paul Pascal.

Biography

In 1933 he began publishing the review Eurydice and founded the publishing firm Éditions du Trident. During the German occupation, he was chief editor for La voix de France and inspector general of radio for the Vichy government, for which he was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment with penal labor. Left France in 1944 and sought asylum in Italy, in April 1945 at the Vittoriale degli italiani (in Gardone Riviera, Lombardy) and then in Rome; remained in Roman exile until his death; named chancellor of the Imperial Embassy of Iran to the Holy See. In Rome he founded, with the architect Luigi Moretti, a new publishing firm, Éditions du Cœur fidèle. In 1950 he published a collection of 55 haïkaïses and tankas, In morte di un Samurai, in memory of the general Hideki Tojo, executed for hanging on 23 December 1948. Maurice Delage composed a work for baritone and chamber orchestra based on Pascal's In morte di un Samurai.[2]

Pascal made a French translation – «a work of philological reconstruction» in the personal view of

Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.[4]

Awards

Works

References

  1. ^ Chiron, Yves (2006). "Pascal, Pierre (1909–1990)". In Domenico, Roy P.; Hanley, Mark Y. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics. Greenwood press.
  2. ^ Rodriguez, Philippe (2001). Maurice Delage : La solitude de l'artisan. Éditions Papillon. p. 130.
  3. ^ Praz, Mario (1966). "Immobilità dell'Oriente". Cronache letterarie anglosassoni, IV. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura. p. 179.
  4. ^ Dashti, Ali (2011). "Pascal's Roba'iyyat". In Search of Omar Khayyam. Routledge. pp. 182–184.
  5. ^ "Un'ode al Duce che ottiene il "Premio Verlaine"". La Stampa. 1935. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Pierre Pascal". Academie-francaise.fr.
  7. ^ "Séance annuelle du jeudi 19 décembre 1940: Rapport sur les concours littéraires de M. André Bellessort, Secrétaire perpétuel". Academie-francaise.fr.

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