Jacques Chardonne
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Jacques Chardonne (born ''Jacques Boutelleau''; 2 January 1884, in
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– 29 May 1968, in
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) is the pseudonym of French writer Jacques Boutelleau. He was a member of the so-called Groupe de Barbezieux.


Early life and career

Raised Protestant, his American Quaker mother was an heiress to the Haviland porcelain dynasty and his father was French. His brother-in-law was of the Delamain cognac dynasty. This informed his trilogy ''Les Destinées Sentimentales''. He was a leader of the Hussards and held in high regard for the award-winning ''Claire''.


World War II

He supported
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with the Vichy and in 1940 produced "Private Chronicle 1940", which favored the submission of Europe to
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. He was a member of the
Groupe Collaboration The Groupe Collaboration was a French collaborationist group active during the Second World War. Largely eschewing the street politics of many such contemporary groups, it sought to establish cultural links with Nazi Germany and to appeal to the hi ...
, an initiative that encouraged close cultural ties between France and Germany. In October 1941, Chardonne, with seven other French writers including
Pierre Drieu la Rochelle Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle (; 3 January 1893 – 15 March 1945) was a French writer of novels, short stories, and political essays. He was born, lived and died in Paris. Drieu La Rochelle became a proponent of French fascism in the 1930 ...
,
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et
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, accepted an invitation from Joseph Goebbels to visit Germany for a Congress of European Writers in Weimar. In his diary during the trip, Chardonne described how he wanted to "make isbody a fraternal bridge between Germany and France". After
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he was denounced for Nazi collaboration and spent time in prison. In an article titled "Jacques Chardonne et Mein Kampf" the 'Frenchness' of his writing was also questioned.


Death and rehabilitation

He died in 1968 after efforts to restore his image. By the 1980s anti-totalitarian journalists like
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began to reappraise collaborationist authors like Chardonne. In 1986 his award-winning ''Claire'' was made into a TV film and in 2001
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adapted ''Les Destinées Sentimentales'' to film.


Awards

*1932
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française The is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie Française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the ...
, with ''Claire'' (Grasset) *The
Prix Jacques-Chardonne The prix Jacques Chardonne was a French literary prize that was awarded between 1986 and 1996. It was created to reward a French-language work, whether chronicle, essay, newspaper, story, short story or novel, that exhibited quality of style and f ...
established in 1986 is named after him.


Works (in French)

* 1921 : ''L'Épithalame'' (Paris, librairie Stock et Vienne, Larousse, 1921; Grasset, 1929; Ferenczi, 1933; Albin-Michel, 1951; S. C. Edit. Rencontre, Lausanne, 1961; L.G.F., 1972; Albin-Michel, 1987); * 1927 : ''Le Chant du Bienheureux'' (Librairie Stock, 1927; Albin-Michel, 1951); * 1929 : ''Les Varais'', dédié à Maurice Delamain (Grasset, 1929; Ferenczi et fils, 1932; Albin-Michel, 1951; Grasset, 1989); * 1930 : ''Eva ou le journal interrompu'', dédié à Camille Belguise, sa seconde épouse (Grasset, 1930; Ferenczi et fils, 1935; Albin-Michel, 1951; Gallimard, 1983); * 1931 : ''Claire'', dédié à Henri Fauconnier (Grasset, 1931; Ferenczi et fils, 1936; Piazza, 1938; Albin-Michel, 1952; club du Livre du Mois, 1957; Rombaldi, 1975; Grasset, 1983); * 1932 : ''L'Amour du Prochain'', dédié « à mon fils Gérard » (Grasset, 1932; La Jeune Parque, 1947; Albin-Michel, 1955); * 1934 : ''Les Destinées sentimentales'' (Grasset, 1934-1936), trilogie : ''La Femme de Jean Barnery'', dédié à Jacques Delamain (''id.'', 1934); ''Pauline'' (''id.'', 1934); ''Porcelaine de Limoges'' (''id.'', 1936; Grasset, 1947; Albin-Michel, 1951; L.G.F., 1984) * 1937 : ''Romanesques'', dédié à Paul Géraldy (Stock, 1937; édit. Colbert et Stock, 1943; Albin-Michel, 1954; La Table Ronde, 1996); * 1937 : ''L'Amour, c'est beaucoup plus que l'amour'', dédié « à Jean Rostand son ami » (Stock, 1937, 1941; Albin-Michel, 1957, puis 1992); * 1938 : ''Le Bonheur de Barbezieux'', dédié à Marcel Arland (Stock, 1938, 1943; Monaco, édit. du Rocher, 1947; Albin-Michel, 1955, Stock, 1980); * 1940 : ''Chronique privée'', dédié « à ma fille France » (Stock, 1940); * ''Chronique privée de l'an 40'', dédié à Maurice Delamain (''id.''); * 1941 : ''Voir la Figure - Réflexions sur ce temps'', dédié « à mon ami André Thérive (...) souvenirs de l'année 1941 à Paris » (Grasset, 1941); * 1941 : ''Attachements - Chronique privée'' (Stock, 1941; Albin-Michel, 1955); * 1943 : ''Le Ciel de Nieflheim'', 1943. Extraits publiés dans les ''Cahiers Jacques-Chardonne'' No. 2 et 3; * 1948 : ''Chimériques'' (Monaco, édit. du Rocher, 1948 et 1992; Albin-Michel, 1954); * 1953 : ''Vivre à Madère'' (Grasset, 1953; Albin-Michel, 1954); * 1954 : ''Lettres à Roger Nimier et quelques réponses de Roger Nimier'' (Grasset, 1954; Albin Michel, 1955, rééd. Albin Michel, 1986) * 1956 : ''Matinales'', dédié à André Sabatier (Albin-Michel); * 1959 : ''Le Ciel dans la fenêtre'', dédié à Roger Nimier (Albin-Michel, 1959; La Table Ronde, 1998); * 1961 : ''Femmes - contes choisis et quelques images'', dédié à Camille Belguise (Albin-Michel); * 1962 : ''Détachements'', Paris, édit. td - Jean-Paul Caracalla (1962; Albin-Michel, 1969); * 1964 : ''Demi-jour - suite et fin du Ciel dans la fenêtre'' (Albin-Michel); * 1964 : ''Catherine'' (Albin-Michel); * 1966 : ''Propos comme ça'' (Grasset).


References

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