Jean-Jacques Brochier (28 December 1937 – 29 October 2004 from cancer), the son of a physician, was a French journalist, and chief editor of '' Le Magazine Littéraire'' from 1968 to 2004.

Biography

As a student, he was actively engaged with the NLF and became a member of the

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. On 24 November 1960, while he was vice-president of the General Assembly of the students of Lyon, he was arrested along with his wife in support of the struggle for the

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. On 14 April 1961 they were both sentenced to ten years imprisonment and jailed in prisons Saint- Paul then Montluc. He was struck with indignité nationale. He will finally be sentenced to three years in prison before receiving a presidential pardon. Close to

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and

Dominique de Roux Dominique de Roux (17 September 1935 – 29 March 1977) was a French writer and publisher. Early life Dominique de Roux was born in a Languedoc noble family that was close to monarchist circles (his grandfather, Marie de Roux, was the lawyer o ...

who guides him to ''le Magazine littéraire'', in 1967, an admirer of

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and

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary criticism, literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th ...

, he had in his possession a desk of Émile Zola and became a television columnist in Italiques, a program proposed by Marc Gilbert . He published several novels, including ''Un jeune homme bien élevé'' (1978) (Prix des Sept 1979), ''Un cauchemar'' (1984)

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(1985), and ''L'Hallali'' (1987). He is also the author of essays - notably on Camus, Sade, Vailland, Robbe-Grillet, Maupassant and Sartre - and the pamphlet entitled '. From 1995, he was a member of the jury of the .Anne Coudreuse et Françoise Simonet-Tenant (dir.), ''Pour une histoire de l'intime et de ses variations'', Paris,

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, 2009, p. 7. He was an honorary member of the of

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In 1997, Jean-Jacques Brochier established with Danièle Brison and Chantal Robillard the prize "Printemps du Roman", awarded each year at Saint-Louis (Haut-Rhin), at the book fair of which he was president until his death in 2004. The presidency has since been awarded to a different jury member each year.

Private life

Passionate about hunting, a painter, he published a collection of anthologies on woodcock, wild boar, deer, rabbit, wild ducks and snipe. He married Nicole Brochier, born April 8, 1937.

Distinctions

*1985:

for ''Un cauchemar'' *2000:

Bibliography

*1969: ', Paris,

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, 148 p. *1982: ''Villa Marguerite'', Paris,

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*1984: ''Une enfance lyonnaise au temps du Maréchal'', ACE éditeur *1984: ''Un cauchemar'', Albin Michel,

1985 *1987: ''L'hallali'', Albin Michel *1994: ''Anthologie de la bécassine et des petits échassiers'', Paris,

Hatier Hatier () is a French publishing house specializing in scholarly works and educational materials, now integrated into the Hachette group. Founded in 1880 by Alexandre Hatier, Hatier obtains 20% of its sales through international affiliates in ...

, 221 p. *1995: ''Pour Sartre : le jour où Sartre refusa le Nobel'', Paris,

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*1996: ''Chroniques du Capricorne 1977–1983'', Encrages éditions *2002: ''Un jeune homme bien élevé'', Paris, La Différence, coll. Minos *2005: ''Pour l'amour des livres - interviews with Nadine Sautel'', Albin Michel *1980: ''Odette Genonceau'', Albin Michel

References

External links

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''La mort de Jean-Jacques Brochier, journaliste et écrivain''
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''Jean-Jacques Brochier à propos de Tolkien''
on INA.fr (5 January 1973) {{DEFAULTSORT:Brochier, Jean-Jacques 20th-century French writers 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French writers Prix du Livre Inter winners Sartre scholars Writers from Lyon 1937 births 2004 deaths Deaths from cancer in France