Thierry Maulnier
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Thierry Maulnier (born Jacques Talagrand;[1] 1 October 1909, Alès – 9 January 1988, Marnes-la-Coquette) was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic. He was married to theatre director Marcelle Tassencourt.
Early years
A graduate of the
right-wing beliefs as an answer to a "crisis of civilization" and materialism. He also campaigned against democracy and capitalism, advocating a union of the right and left to overthrow the two.[2]
Thierry Maulnier associated with youth periodicals such as Réaction, La Revue du Siècle, and La Revue française; he also wrote his first volume, La crise est dans l'homme ("Crisis Is in Man").
In 1934, he authored, with
Combat, one which would be published until France's defeat in World War II
.
World War II and after
A regular contributor to L'Action française since 1938, Maulnier continued to publish after Nazi Germany's occupation of France (from 1940); he also started writing for Le Figaro. He ceased writing for the paper after the start of Operation Torch in 1942, and remained a journalist for Le Figaro from 1945 until his death.
With the beginning of the
Pro-European
).
In 1964, he was elected to the
Académie française in place of the deceased Henry Bordeaux. In 1986 he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
.
Works
- La crise est dans l'homme (1932)
- Nietzsche(1933)
- Racine (1934)
- Miracle de la Monarchie (1935)
- Mythes socialistes (1938)
- Au-delà du nationalisme (1938)
- Introduction à la poésie française (1939)
- La France, la guerre et la paix (1942, Lyon)
- Violence et conscience (1945)
- Langages (1946)
- Jeanne et ses juges (1952)
- Le Sexe et le néant, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt, Théâtre de l'Athénée (1960)
- Cette Grèce où nous sommes nés (1964)
- La Défaite d'hannibal, followed by La ville au fond de la mer, Gallimard (1968)
- Dialogue inattendu, with Jean Elleinstein, Flammarion (1979)
- Theatre
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