Noël Mathieu (3 May 1916, Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques – 22 September 1984,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

) better known under his pseudonym Pierre Emmanuel, was a French poet of Christian inspiration.

Biography

He was the third member elected to occupy seat 4 of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

in 1968, president of

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between 1969 and 1971, president of French PEN Club between 1973 and 1976, and the first president of the French

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in 1975. His second wife, née Janine Loo (daughter of

C. T. Loo Ching Tsai Loo, commonly known as C. T. Loo (; 1February 1880August15, 1957), was a controversial art dealer of Chinese origin who maintained galleries in Paris and New York and supplied important pieces for collectors and American museums by i ...

), died on April 23, 2013 at the age of 92. She is buried, with Pierre Emmanuel, in the Père-Lachaise cemetery (57th division).

Académie française

Pierre Emmanuel was elected to the

(French Academy) on April 25, 1968, succeeding Marshal Juin. His official reception took place on June 5, 1969. After the election of

Félicien Marceau Félicien Marceau (16 September 1913 – 7 March 2012) was a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. His real name was Louis Carette. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, which in turn was close to ...

, whose collaborationist attitude he denounced, he resigned from the Academy in 1975 and ceased to sit. His colleagues, however, refused to take note of this decision by respectfully waiting until his death to replace him with the election of Professor

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on April 18, 1985.

Works

Each year links to its corresponding " earin poetry" article (for poetry) or " earin literature" article (for prose):

Poetry

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...

: ''Elégies''Web pages title
"Œuvres de Pierre EMMANUEL"
(for information on years of publication) an
"Pierre EMMANUEL (1916-1984)"
, for identification as works of poetry, at the Académie française website, retrieved July 11, 2010 *

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...

: ''Tombeau d'Orphée'' *

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

: ''Le Poète et son Christ'' *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

: ''Jour de colère'' ("Day of Wrath"), including "Hymne de la liberté" ("Hymn to Freedom") *

: "Les dents serrées", published in ''L’Honneur des poètes'' anthology, Éditions de MinuitWeb page title
"Baccalauréat : épreuve anticipée de français"
(in French), retrieved July 11, 2010 *

: ''La Colombe'' *

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in No ...

: ''Le Poète fou'' ("The Mad Poet") *

: ''Mémento des vivants'' *

: ''Sodome'' *

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

: ''Combats avec tes défenseurs''Web page title
"PIERRE EMMANUEL PAPERS"
at the Wichita State University Libraries website, retrieved July 11, 2010 *

: ''La liberté guide nos pas'' *

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...

: ''Poésie, raison ardente'' *

: ''Qui est cet homme'' *

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – ...

: ''Car enfin je vous aime'' *

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh ...

: ''Babel'' *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

: ''Visage Nuage'' * 1958: ''Versant de l'Âge'' *

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

: ''Evangéliaire'' *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

: ''Le Goût de l'un'' *

: ''La Nouvelle Naissance'' *

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

: ''La Face Humaine'' *

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 1 ...

: ''Jacob'' *

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

: ''Sophia'' *

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...

: ''La Vie Terrestre'' *

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – ...

: ''Tu'' * ''Le Livre de l'Homme et de la Femme'', a trilogy: **

: ''Una ou la mort la vie'' **

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

: ''Duel'' **

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...

: ''L’Autre'' *

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

: ''L'Arbre et le Vent'' *

: ''Le grand oeuvre'', published a few weeks before his death *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...

: ''Le grand œuvre. Une cosmogonie''

Posthumously published

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

: ''Tombeau d'Orphée'' suivi de ''Hymnes orphiques'', édition établie et préfacée par Anne-Sophie Andreu, Lausanne, L'Âge d'homme, coll. Amers, 2001. *

: ''Œuvres poétiques complètes'', Lausanne, L'Âge d'homme, 2001, t. I, 1940-1963. *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

: ''Œuvres poétiques complètes'', Lausanne, L'Âge d'homme, 2003, t. II, 1970-1984. *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

: ''Lettres à

Albert Béguin Albert Béguin (17 July 1901 – 3 May 1957) was a Swiss academic and translator. He married the French writer Raymonde Vincent (1908–1985), winner of the Prix Femina in 1937. See also * Structuralism * New Criticism New Criticism was a fo ...

: correspondance 1941-1952'' (édition établie et annotée par Aude Préta-de Beaufort). Lausanne, Paris : L'Âge d'homme, coll. « Cahiers Pierre Emmanuel » n° 2, 2005. .

Prose

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

: ''The Universal Singular: The Autobiography of Pierre Emmanuel'' (trans. Erik de Mauny), Grey Walls Press: London. *

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establ ...

: ''Le monde est intérieur'' ("The World is Inside")

Interviews

« Les dernières interrogations de Pierre Emmanuel »
Emmanuel's final interview conducted by

Damian Pettigrew Damian (also Damien) Pettigrew (March 10, 1963) is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, author, and multimedia artist, best known for his cinematic portraits of Balthus, Federico Fellini, and Jean Giraud. Released theatrically in fiftee ...

, published in ''Le Monde'', 7 October 1984

References

External links

Pierre Emmanuel
- The official site of Pierre Emmanuel
PEN International
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