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Jean-Louis Bory

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Jean-Louis Bory

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1919-06-25 （Méréville, Essonne）
Died
1979-06-11 （Méréville） age 59
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
None
Residence History
Méréville, Essonne → Paris → Haguenau, Bas-Rhin

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist, film critic, teacher
Active Years
1945-1979
Affiliations
L'Express, Nouvel Observateur, Arts
Memberships
Mouvement de la Paix, National Writers Association, France-USSR Association
Influenced By
Colette, Pierre Mendès France
Influenced
Guy Hocquenghem

Education

Lycée Henri-IV
Lettres
Degree: Agrégation des lettres
Period: 1939-1945
Year of Graduation: 1945
Country: France
Interrupted by military service

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1945
Work: Mon village à l'heure allemande
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mon village à l'heure allemande

1945 Novel

Story of a village under German occupation. Prix Goncourt winner.

OccupationWarVillage life

Ma moitié d'orange

1973 Autobiographical novel

Work where he publicly announced his homosexuality.

HomosexualityIdentity

Le Pied

1976 Fantasy novel

Fantasy novel satirizing the intelligentsia. Major success.

SatireIntelligentsia

Bibliography

  • Mon village à l'heure allemande, Flammarion, 1945.
  • Fragile ou le panier d'œufs, Flammarion, 1950.
  • Pour Balzac et quelques autres, éditions Julliard, 1960.
  • Eugène Sue, dandy et socialiste, Hachette, 1962.
  • L'Odeur de l'herbe, Julliard, 1962.
  • La Peau des zèbres, Gallimard, 1969.
  • Cinéma I : Des yeux pour voir, 10/18, 1971.
  • La Révolution de juillet, Gallimard, 1972.
  • Cinéma II : La Nuit complice, 10/18, 1972.
  • Cinéma III : Ombre vive, 10/18, 1973.
  • Questions au cinéma, Editions Stock, 1973.
  • Ma moitié d'orange, Julliard, 1973.
  • Cinéma IV : L'Ecran fertile, 10/18, 1974.
  • Cinéma V : La Lumière écrit, 10/18, 1975.
  • Tous nés d'une femme, Gallimard, 1976.
  • Cinéma VI : L'Obstacle et la gerbe, 10/18, 1976.
  • Cinéma VII : Rectangle multiple, 10/18, 1977.
  • Comment nous appelez-vous déjà ? ou ces garçons que l'on dit homosexuels, Calmann-Lévy, 1977.
  • Le Pied, Belfond, 1977.
  • Un prix d'excellence, Gallimard, 1986.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
CriticalAutobiographical
Recurring Motifs
HomosexualityPoliticsCinema

Health

  • Depression
    1977-1979
    Led to writing interruption and suicide

Legacy

Prix Goncourt-winning writer, renowned film critic. Publicly came out as gay and shifted from left to right politically.

In Popular Culture

  • Mentioned as pioneer in gay literature

Trivia

  • Over 500,000 copies sold of Goncourt winner, supported by Colette