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. A frequent contributor to the '' Revue Philosophique'', he was a

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who sympathised with

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. He latterly lived in Paris.

Works

* ''Le quartier St-Victor et le jardin des plantes'', Paris, Éditions Firmin-Didot, 1930 * ''Le Roman de la violette'' de Gerbert de Montreuil, renouvelé par Gonzague Truc, Paris, éd. d'art H. Piazza, 1931 * ''Introduction à la lecture de

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'', Paris, Le Divan, série-collection « Le Souvenir de René Boylesve », 1932 * ''Les pages immortelles de Spinoza'' (choisies et expliquées par Gonzague Truc), Paris, Éditions Corrêa, 1940 * ''Madame Colette'', Paris, Éditions Corrêa, 1941 * ''Histoire de la Philosophie'', Paris, Éditions Fischbacher, 1950 * ''Histoire de la Littérature Catholique Contemporaine'', Casterman, 1961, Prix Broquette-Gonin (littérature)

Sources

* Henry Coston, ''Dictionnaire de la politique française''. Vol 2 (1972) People from Var (department) 1877 births 1972 deaths French literary critics French essayists 20th-century French non-fiction writers Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) {{france-nonfiction-writer-stub