Pierre-Jean Rémy is the pen-name of Jean-Pierre Angremy (21 March 1937 – 28 April 2010) who was a French diplomat, novelist, and essayist. He was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 1988, and won the 1986

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for his novel ''Une ville immortelle''.

Biography

Rémy was born in Angoulême, Charente, where he received his primary and secondary education. His studies at

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were steeped in Latin, Greek, and literature. Beginning in 1955, Rémy studied in Paris at the Institute of Political Studies (

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), the Faculty of Law (Faculté de droit) of the

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(licence-economic science), and the

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(sociology). As a

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scholar, Rémy served as an assistant to the sociologist Herbert Marcuse at

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from 1958-59 before returning to Paris to finish his studies at the

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(ENA) in 1963 (class of "Saint-Just").

Bibliography

*1962 ''Et Gulliver mourut de sommeil'' *1963 ''Midi ou l’Attentat'' *1971 ''Le Sac du Palais d'Été'' (Gallimard) *1972 ''Urbanisme'' (Gallimard) *1973 ''Les Suicidés du printemps'' *1973 '' Une mort sale'' (Gallimard) *1973 ''La vie d'Adrian Putney, poète'' (Gallimard) *1974 ''Ava'' (Gallimard) *1974 ''Mémoires secrets pour servir à l'histoire de ce siècle'' (Gallimard) *1974 ''La Mort de Floria Tosca'' (Gallimard) *1975 ''Rêver la vie'' (Gallimard) *1976 ''La Figure dans la pierre'' (Gallimard) *1977 ''Les Enfants du Parc'' (Gallimard) *1977 ''Si j’étais romancier'' *1978 ''Callas, une vie'' *1978 ''Les Nouvelles Aventures du chevalier de la Barre'' (Gallimard) *1979 ''Cordelia, ou l'Angleterre'' (Gallimard) *1979 ''Orient-Express I'' (Albin Michel) *1979 ''Don Giovanni, Mozart, Losey'' (Albin Michel) *1979 ''La Petite Comtesse'' *1980 ''Salue pour moi le Monde'' (Gallimard) *1980 ''Pandora'' (Albin Michel) *1981 ''Un voyage d'hiver'' (Gallimard) *1982 ''Don Juan'' (Albin Michel) *1983 ''Le Dernier Été'' (Flammarion) *1983 ''Mata Hari'' *1984 ''Comédies italiennes'' (Flammarion) *1984 ''Orient-Express II'' *1985 ''La vie d’un héros'' (Albin Michel) *1985 ''Le Vicomte épinglé'' (Gallimard) *1986 ''Une ville immortelle'' (Albin Michel),

*1987 ''Des châteaux en Allemagne'' (Flammarion) *1988 ''Annette, ou l’éducation des filles'' (Albin Michel) *1989 ''Bastille, rêver un Opéra.'' (Plon) *1989 ''Toscanes'' (Albin Michel) *1990 ''Chine'' (Albin Michel) *1991 ''De la photographie considérée comme un assassinat'' (Albin Michel) *1991 ''L’Autre Éducation sentimentale'' (Odile Jacob) *1991 ''Pays d’âge, poèmes'' *1992 ''Algérie, bords de Seine'' (Albin Michel) *1993 ''Qui trop embrasse'' (Albin Michel) *1994 ''Un cimetière rouge en Nouvelle-Angleterre'' *1994 ''Londres, un ABC romanesque et sentimental'' (Jean-Claude Lattès) *1995 ''Désir d’Europe'' *1997 ''Le Rose et le Blanc'' *1997 ''Retour d'Hélène'' (Gallimard) *1997 ''Mes grands bordeaux'' *1998 ''Aria di Roma'' (Albin Michel) *1999 ''La Nuit de Ferrare'' (Albin Michel) *2000 ''Demi-siècle'' (Albin Michel) *2001 ''État de grâce. Dire perdu. Trésors et secrets du Quai d'Orsay'' *2002 ''Berlioz'' (Albin Michel) *2002 ''Les Belles du Moulin Rouge'' (Le Cherche-Midi) *2004 ''Dictionnaire amoureux de l'Opéra'' (Plon) *2004 ''Chambre noire à Pékin'' (Albin Michel)

References

External links

L'Académie française
{{DEFAULTSORT:Remy, Pierre-Jean 1937 births 2010 deaths Writers from Angoulême Members of the Académie Française Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Prix Renaudot winners Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners Lycée Condorcet alumni Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite