Henry Bauchau (22 January 1913 – 21 September 2012) was a Belgian psychoanalyst, lawyer, and author of French prose and poetry.[1]
Henry Bauchau | |
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Born | Mechelen, Belgium | 22 January 1913
Died | 21 September 2012 Paris, France | (aged 99)
Occupation(s) | Psychoanalyst, author, poet, lawyer |
Spouse | Mary Kozyrev (1910-1984) |
Children | Patrick Bauchau |
Biography
editHenry Bauchau was born in Mechelen, Belgium on 22 January 1913. He became a trial lawyer in Brussels in 1936 and was a member of the Belgian Resistance in the Ardennes during World War II.
He was married to Mary Kozyrev; their son is the actor Patrick Bauchau.[2][3] They lived for a time in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Bauchau died in Paris, France on 21 September 2012, aged 99.
Publishing
editFrom 1945 to 1951 he worked in publishing. In 1946, he moved to Paris.[4] He was a friend of Albert Camus, André Gide, Jacques Lacan, and Jacques Derrida.[5]
Awards
edit- 1990 Royal Academy of Belgian Literature[5]
- 2002 International Latin Union prize of Romance Language Literatures
Works
edit- Géologie (1958; "Geology"), 1958
- Gengis Khan, Mermod, 1960 (reprint Actes sud, 1989)
- La Machination (1969; "The Plot"), (play)
- Œdipe sur la route, Actes Sud, 1990, ISBN 978-2-86869-510-9
- Oedipus on the Road. Translated by Anne-Marie Glasheen. Arcade Publishing. 1997. ISBN 978-1-55970-382-6.
- La Chine intérieure (1974; "Inner China") (poems)
- Essai sur la vie de Mao Tsé-toung, Flammarion, 1982, ISBN 2080642235
- Poésie: 1950-1984, Actes Sud, 1986
- Le régiment noir, Éperonniers, 1987
- Diotime et les lions: récit, Actes Sud, 1991, ISBN 978-2-86869-691-5
- L'écriture et la circonstance, Presses universitaires de Louvain, UCL, 1992
- Antigone: roman, Actes Sud, 1997, ISBN 978-2-7427-1724-8
- La déchirure (English: The Tear), Editions Labor, 1998, ISBN 978-2-8040-1337-0
- Journal d'Antigone: 1989-1997, Actes Sud, 1999
- L'enfant bleu: roman, Actes sud, 2004, ISBN 978-2-7427-5139-6
- Le boulevard périphérique: roman, Actes sud, 2008, ISBN 978-2-7427-7169-1
- Déluge, Actes sud, 2010, ISBN 978-2-7427-8989-4
References
edit- ^ "Henry Bauchau (Belgian author) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 January 1913. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Patrick Bauchau: Henry Bauchau's "Oedipus on the Road"". Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "Patrick Bauchau facts". Freebase. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). culturesfrance.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "The French Publisher's Agency – Title – Diotime et les lions". Frenchpubagency.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
Bibliography
edit- Surmonte, Emilia, Antigone, La Sphinx d'Henry Bauchau: Les enjeux d'une création (Bruxelles etc., Peter Lang, 2011) (Documents pour l'Histoire des Francophonies. Europe, 24).