Robert de Saint-Jean
Robert de Saint Jean (1901–1987) was a French writer and journalist. He was the companion of the French-speaking American writer Julien Green. Like Green, he kept a diary which he eventually published. It provides insight into French society and cultural life over several decades.
He worked, in particular, for Paris-Soir, le Parisien libéré, and Paris Match.
When France fell to the Nazis in 1940, he was deputy chief of staff to the French minister of information. His writing had made him a personal enemy of German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Green arranged for him to gain entry to Portugal and then transfer to the US.[1]
In 1984 he received the Prix Marcel Proust. He also worked as editor for the Plon publishing house.
Selected works
[edit]- 1934: La vraie révolution de Roosevelt, Éditions Grasset
- 1941: Démocratie, beurre et canons, Maison de la France, New York; online transcription
- 1936: Le Feu sacré, Éditions Gallimard
- 1967: Julien Green par lui-même, Éditions du Seuil
- 1974: Journal d'un journaliste
- 1975: Moins cinq
- 1983: Passé pas mort, Grasset
- Julien Green, with Luc Estang
References
[edit]- ^ "Julien Green: The End of a World". Humanities. 33 (4). July–August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Robert de Saint Jean on Banelio
- Journal de Robert de Saint-Jean on e-gide
