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Pierre Bertaux

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Pierre Bertaux

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1907-10-08 (Lyon)
Died
1986-08-14 (Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine) age 78
Nationality
France
Languages
French, German
Residence History
Lyon → Toulouse → Paris

Career

Occupations
Germanist, Resistance fighter, Commissioner of the Republic, High-ranking police officer
Active Years
1930-1986
Affiliations
New Sorbonne University, Asnières-sur-Seine
Influenced By
Friedrich Hölderlin
Influenced
Daniel Bertaux, Jean-Loup Bertaux

Education

École Normale Supérieure
Literature
Country: France
Normalien in Berlin

Awards

Goethe Medal
1970
Result: 受賞
Heinrich Heine Prize
1975
Organization: City of Düsseldorf
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hölderlin, Essai de biographie intérieure

1936 Biography

Inner biography of Hölderlin

HölderlinPoetry

La mutation humaine

1964 Essay

Human mutation

HumanityFuture

Hölderlin ou le temps d'un poète

1983 Essay

Hölderlin and the time of a poet

HölderlinPoetry

Friedrich Hölderlin

1981 Essay

On Friedrich Hölderlin

Hölderlin

Bibliography

  • Hölderlin, Essai de biographie intérieure, Paris, Hachette, 1936
  • La mutation humaine, 1964
  • La libération de Toulouse et de sa région, éd. Hachette, 1973
  • Hölderlin ou le temps d'un poète, Paris, Gallimard, 1983
  • Mémoires interrompus par Pierre Bertaux, Hansgerd Schulte, Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2000
  • Un normalien à Berlin, lettres 1927 1933
  • Friedrich Hölderlin. Frankfurt/Main 1981 und 2000
  • Hölderlin und die Französische Revolution. Frankfurt/Main 1969, Berlin 1990
  • Afrika. Von der Vorgeschichte bis zu den Staaten der Gegenwart. Frankfurt/M. 1966
  • Mutation der Menschheit - Diagnosen und Prognosen. Frankfurt/M. 1963

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ScholarlyBiographical
Recurring Motifs
HölderlinFrench RevolutionHuman mutation

Legacy

French resistance fighter and scholar of German literature, noted for his work on Friedrich Hölderlin. Received Goethe Medal and Heinrich Heine Prize.

In Popular Culture

  • Sons are renowned academics

Trivia

  • Founded Department of German Language and Literature at New Sorbonne in Asnières in 1968
  • Had three sons, two of whom are renowned academics