Pierre-Henri Simon
Pierre-Henri Simon (16 January 1903, Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde – 20 September 1972) was a French intellectual, literary historian, essayist, novelist, poet, and literary critic. He won the Prix Ève-Delacroix for Histoire d’un bonheur in 1965.
Pierre-Henri Simon
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- Full name
- Pierre Marie Louis Henry Simon.
- Born
- 1903. · Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde.
- Died
- 1972. · Suresnes.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet, historian, university teacher, literary critic, romanist, writer and essayist.
- Fields
- literary activity, belletristic literature, poetry and history of literature.
- Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand and École Normale Supérieure.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the National Order of Merit, Bordin Prize, Prix d'Académie, Prix Max-Barthou and Lange Prize.
- Languages
- French.
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Pierre-Henri Simon (16 January 1903, Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde – 20 September 1972) was a French intellectual, literary historian, essayist, novelist, poet, and literary critic. He won the Prix Ève-Delacroix for Histoire d’un bonheur in 1965.
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Pierre-Henri Simon studied at Lycée Louis-le-Grand and École Normale Supérieure. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is literary activity, belletristic literature and poetry. Employment is recorded with University of Fribourg, Ghent University and Université Catholique de Lille. Positions recorded include seat 7 of the Académie française and director. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the National Order of Merit, Bordin Prize and Prix d'Académie.
• Destins de la personne, 1935 • L'Église et la Révolution sociale, 1938 • L'homme en procès: Malraux, Sartre, Camus, Saint-Exupéry (1950) • L'Europe a-t-elle une conscience?, 1953 • Contre la torture, 1957 (Pamphlet) • Ce que je crois, 1966
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Novels
• Les Valentin, 1931 • L'Affût, 1946 • Les Raisins verts, 1950 • Celle qui est née un dimanche, 1952 • Les Hommes ne veulent pas mourir, 1953 • Portrait d'un officier, 1958 • Le Somnambule, 1960 • Histoire d'un bonheur, 1965 • Pour un garçon de vingt ans, 1967 • Questions aux savants, 1969 • La Sagesse du soir, 1971 • L'Homme et sa Vérité, 1972
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• Le Ballet de Modène, 1968
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Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde.
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Suresnes.
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• Georges Duhamel ou le Bourgeois sauvé, 1947 • Mauriac par lui-même, 1953 • Histoire de la Littérature française du XXe siècle, 1956 • Théâtre et Destin, 1959 • Présence de Camus, 1961 • Le Domaine héroïque des lettres françaises, 1963
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- 1.Archives départementales de Charente-Maritime, commune de Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, année 1903, acte de naissance , vue 21/443, avec mention marginale de décès.
- 2.Columbia dictionary of modern European literature WorldCat.org. www.worldcat.org.
- 3.Les classiques embarbelés. Les éditions Claires. trimestre 1947.
- 4.Simon, Pierre-Henri. hls-dhs-dss.ch.
- 5.Article Le Monde accès payant https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1957/03/13/contre-la-torture-de-p-h-simon_2332730_1819218.html CONTRE LA TORTURE, de P.-H. Simon 13 mars 1957 .
- 6.Émission Carrefour diffusée le 29 janvier 1967 sur la RTS.
- 7.Les Valentin, préface de Jean-Louis Lucet, Le Croît Vif, 2014.
- 8."Les Raisins Verts", postface de Jean-Louis Lucet, Le Croît Vif, 2014.
- 9."Celle qui est née un dimanche", préface de Bernard Baritaud, Le Croît Vif, 2004.
- 10."Elsinfor", préface de Christophe Lucet, Le Croît Vif, 2004.
- 11."Figures à Cordouan", avant-propos de Jean-Louis Lucet, préface de Jean-Claude Guillebaud, Le Croît Vif, 2007.
- 12.Interview de Jean-Louis et Jacqueline Lucet lors de la réédition de Figures à Cordouan en 2007.
- 13.Émission Le Fond et la Forme diffusée sur l'ORTF le 15 juillet 1971.
- 14.« Actes du colloque de Rome » suivis de « Contre la torture », Éditions du Cerf, 1999.
- 15.Officier de la Légion d'honneur.
- 16.Bulletin officiel des décorations, médailles et récompenses n°05 du 20/03/1970 - Légifrance. www.legifrance.gouv.fr.
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