Jean Bailhache
Jean Bailhache | |
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| Born | 4 March 1911 Pontoise, France |
| Died | 13 August 1986 (aged 75) Nice, France |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | French |
| Genre | Travel literature, memoir |
Jean Bailhache (4 March 1911 – 13 August 1986) was a French writer and translator, particularly known for his war memoir Souvenirs d'un endormi and his highly informed and creative guidebooks about the United Kingdom and Denmark.[1] After having fought in World War II, he decided to start writing and, in 1947, he won the coveted "Prix Alfred Née" of the Académie française for his book Le Secret anglais. He then contributed with two works for the famous guidebook collection "Petite Planète", run by Chris Marker and published between 1954 and 1964 by the Éditions du Seuil. In the 1970s, he mostly worked as the translator into French of Ursula K. Le Guin's novels and in the 1980s of those of Roger Zelazny.
Bailhache died in Nice on 13 August 1986, at the age of 75.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Souvenirs d'un endormi (Éditions Gallimard, 1947)
- Le Secret anglais (Les Éditions de Minuit, 1947)
- Danemark (Éditions du Seuil, 1958)
- Grande-Bretagne (Éditions du Seuil, 1960)
References
[edit]- ^ Oncescu, I. (2007). Europe as Viewed from the Margins: An East-Central European Perspective from World War in to the Cold War. Cetatea de Scaun. p. 82. ISBN 978-973-8966-40-6. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Jean BAILHACHE". nooSFere. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- Jean Bailhache's page in the official Académie française website
- Jean Bailhache's page in the official Éditions Gallimard website
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