Jean-Paul Frédéric Tristan Baron (11 June 1931 – 2 March 2022) was a French writer.

Biography

Tristan was born in Sedan,

Ardennes The Ardennes ( ; ; ; ; ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France. Geological ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, on 11 June 1931. He was sent on a mission to

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

North Vietnam North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; ; VNDCCH), was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, with sovereignty fully recognized in 1954 Geneva Conference, 1954. A member of the communist Eastern Bloc, it o ...

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...

and China (1964–1986). In 2000, he explained his work in a series of interviews with the critic Jean-Luc Moreau. In 1952, he participated in research conducted by Joel Picton. From 1983 to 2001 he was professor of early Christian and Renaissance iconography at ICART (Paris). Tristan is one of the authors named in Jean-Luc Moreau's 1992 manifesto and anthology ''La Nouvelle Fiction'', alongside Hubert Haddad, Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, François Coupry, Jean Levy, Patrick Carré, and Marc Petit. All seven founding members of this literary movement share a literary heritage of

German Romanticism German Romanticism () was the dominant intellectual movement of German-speaking countries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, influencing philosophy, aesthetics, literature, and criticism. Compared to English Romanticism, the German vari ...

, the English

Gothic novel Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name of the genre is derived from the Renaissance era use of the word "gothic", as a pejorative to mean ...

, speculative philosophy,

surrealism Surrealism is an art movement, art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike s ...

, spiritualism and the oriental tale to explore Romantic themes such as the soul, fate, the world of dreams, myth and invisible realms. All of his archives (manuscripts, books published and translated, audio and visual documentation, reviews) are available at

IMEC Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC; officially stylised as imec) is an international Research and development, research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and Digital electronics, digital technologies ...

. Tristan was married to , a specialist on poet

Giambattista Marino Giambattista Marino (also Giovan Battista Marini) (14 October 1569 – 26 March 1625) was a Neapolitan poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his epic '. The ''Cambridge History of Italian Literature'' thought him to be "one of ...

. He died in

, on 2 March 2022, at the age of 90.Le romancier et poète Frédérick Tristan, lauréat du prix Goncourt 1983, est mort à l'âge de 90 ans

Awards

* 1983

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...

, for ''Les Égarés'' * 2000 Grand Prize for lifetime achievement

Société des gens de lettres The Société des gens de lettres de France (SGDLF; ; ) is a writers' association founded in 1838 by the notable French authors George Sand, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, and Alexandre Dumas. It is a private association recognised in France as ...

Works

* ''Les Égarés'', éditions

Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayar ...

(Paris) * ''Naissance d'un spectre'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Le Singe égal du ciel'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''La Geste serpentine'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Balthasar Kober'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Stéphanie Phanistée'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Dieu'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''l'Univers et Madame Berthe'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Les Obsèques prodigieuses d'Abraham Radjec'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Tao le haut voyage'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''L'Énigme du Vatican'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Monsieur l'Enfant et le cercle des bavards'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Dernières nouvelles de l'Au-delà'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Le Chaudron chinois'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''Christos, enquête sur l'impossible'', éditions Fayard (Paris) * ''L'Infini singulier'' (qui décrit l’enfance de Adrien Salvat, personage récurrent de l’auteur)

Poetry

* ''L’Ostiaque'' * ''L’Anthrope, 1951-1953'' (Nouveau Commerce) * ''Passage de l'ombre'' (Recherches graphiques) * ''Encres et écritures'' (2010). La Finestra

Essays

* ''Les Premières Images chrétiennes: du symbole à l'icône'' * ''Les Sociétés secrètes chinoises'' * ''Le Monde à l'envers, l'Œil d'Hermès'' * ''Anagramme du vide'' * ''Don Juan le révolté''

External links

"Author's website"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tristan, Frederick 1931 births 2022 deaths 20th-century French male writers 20th-century French poets 21st-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists People from Sedan, Ardennes Prix Goncourt winners