Jean d\' Ormesson

See also: Ormesson

Jean d' Ormesson , called Jean of O , of its complete name Jean Bruno Wladimir François-of-Paule the Boilerman of Ormesson , born the June 16th 1925 with Paris (VII {{E}} district), is a novelist and chronicler French. He is the cousin of Olivier D '''' Ormesson ''' (born in 1918).

Biography

Jean d' Ormesson is the son of André d' Ormesson, ambassador of France, the big family of Ormesson. He passed his childhood in the Château of Saint-Fargeau, who belonged to his mother. This episode of its life is evoked in With the pleasure of God . It also passed part of its youth in Bavaria.

Former student of the National university, bachelor of arts and history, incorporated philosophy.

In 1950 he becomes General secretary of the International counsel of philosophy and the social sciences to UNESCO, then becomes the president in September 1992 about it.

He is assistant writer-in-chief (1952-1971), member of the editorial board (since 1971) then writer-in-chief of the review Diogène (Social sciences). Senior official, it is attached to various ministerial cabinets (that of Maurice Herzog to Youth and the Sports) and to the French delegations with several International Conferences: Conference of peace, General meeting of the the United Nations (1948).

He was director of the Figaro , He wrote each week an article in the supplement of Sunday of this daily newspaper whose editor association was Louis Pauwels (joint author of the Matin of the magicians ).

The novels of Jean d' Ormesson often escape conventions from the romantic kind, in particular with the construction of an intrigue around some characters. Many digressions, a permanent procession of anecdotes where the humor and the scholarship of the normalien are spread, some recurring reasons, make an tireless meditation of it over the Time, which can take sometimes also the form of a treaty of life: the Glory of the Empire , God his life his work , History of the Jew wandering , Customs of sea , Almost nothing on almost all . Autobiographical dimension is always very present, in particular in On the side from Jean , Au-revoir and thank you , the Report/ratio Gabriel , It was well , books halfway account and test where Jean of O speaks about itself, not without strong repetitions, being depicted with a true-false modesty vis-a-vis all these obstacles which would like to deprive to us of the simple happiness to exist.

In its last books, it explores other ways ( Casimir carries out the Good life ), introducing characters different ( Voyez like one dances ) or breaking the icon from merry Ormesson ( a Festival in tears ).

Jean d' Ormesson regularly continues his collaboration at the heading “DEBATEs and opinions” of the newspaper Le Figaro .

Quotations

  • “passions of the life, highest with lowest, like the money for example, belong to the life”. Extract of a discussion with Pascale Frey - January 1994
  • “Resist. Resist the seductions moutonnières of the mediocrity, with the ignominie of the interested reversals, the murmurs of the cowardice which moves back in front of the effort to only be suddenly, but too late, driven back with the tragedy. Resist. Resist. Keep by - above - all the love of freedom and your critical direction. Fight by the irony of too legitimate indignations. Fight by the hope a too justified pessimism”. July 4th 1981 in the Barber Magazine .
  • “I always defended the idea that there is not to have of culture and that the literature is initially a pleasure. A very high pleasure and which often requires efforts. But finally, a pleasure. ” Le Figaro, 2007.

Works

  • the Love is a pleasure (1956)

  • On the side from Jean (1959)
  • a love for nothing (1960)
  • Au-revoir and thank you (1966)
  • the Illusions for the sea (1968)
  • Glory the Empire (1971), (Grand Prix of the novel of the French Academy). First great success of edition of the author.
  • With the Pleasure of God (1974)
  • the Vagrant who passes under a perforated sunshade (1978)
  • God, his life, his work (1981)
  • My last dream will be for you (1982)
  • Jean which grogne and Jean which laughs (1984)
  • the Wind of the evening (1985)
  • All the men are insane (1985)
  • Happiness with San Miniato (1987)
  • Album Chateaubriant (1988)
  • Garçon of what to write (with François Elder tree, 1989)
  • Histoire of the Jew wandering (1991)
  • As long as you will think of me (discussion with Emmanuel Berl, 1992)
  • the Customs of sea (1994)
  • Presque nothing on almost all (1995)
  • Casimir carries out the good life (1997).
  • Another history of the French literature (volume I, 1997 and volume II, 1998)
  • the Report/ratio Gabriel (1999)
  • Voyez like one dances (2001, Prix Combourg)
  • It was well (2003)
  • And you, my heart, why do you beat? (2003)
  • a festival in tears (2005)
  • the Creation of the world (2006)
  • Odor of time (2007) Editions Héloïse d' Ormesson

French Academy

Jean d' Ormesson was elected with the French Academy, the October 18th 1973, in the armchair 12, succeeding Jules Romains, was died the August 14th 1972.

Decorations

External bonds

  • Biographical note of the French Academy
  • Radioscopy of Jean d' Ormesson Ina Files Tele
  • Article on Philippe Sollers by Jean d' Ormesson

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