Early life and career
Jean-Pierre Rives was born on 31 December 1952 in Saint-Simon, a suburb ofRugby
Rives began playing rugby for his hometown club in 1974. Even though he was considered to be too small to play as flanker, standing at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), he decisively proved the doubters wrong, and it was not long until his unmistakable talent gained attention from the national selectors. Rives made his France debut against England in 1975, at the age of 22, marking the start of an international career that would take him to the very top in terms of both personal and team achievements. Jean-Pierre Rives was instrumental in helping France to theArt
– Jean-Pierre Rives. Jean-Pierre Rives turned to art full-time after his retirement from rugby in 1984. Art had been his passion since early boyhood, and he immersed himself in it with dedication that soon earned him critical acclaim. Rives' chosen media became painting and sculpture, which he took up when he was still a rugby player, after meeting a well-known French sculptor andPersonal life
Jean-Pierre Rives met his first wife, an American model and singer/songwriter Jennifer Taylor, in Paris, in the early 1980s. The marriage ended in a divorce. He has since remarried and fathered two sons – Jasper and Kino-Jean. Rives and his wife, Sonia, split their time betweenAwards and honors
*1980/1981: Pat Marshall Memorial Award from the Rugby Union Writers' Club *1981: Prix Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe from the French Academy of Sports *1986: Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honor *1997: Inductee of theFilmography
Films
* '' The Gaul'' (2001) as Teuton Chief * ''Television
* '' La traversée du miroir'' (TV series, 2011) as himself * '' 13 heures le journal'' (TV series, 2007) as himself * ''References
;Bibliography * Beaune, Didier. ''Jean-Pierre Rives. Le rugby comme il vient''. Paris: Édition Olivier Orban, 1979 * Bills, Peter. ''Jean-Pierre Rives, a modern Corinthian''. London: Allen & Unwin, 1986 * Bills, Peter. ''Jean-pierre rives : biographie autorisee'', Paris: Édition Solar, 1998 * Cormier, Jean. ''Il était une fois Jean-Pierre Rives''. Paris: R. Laffont, 1985 * Escot, Richard. ''D'art et d'essais. Conversations avec Jean-Pierre Rives''. Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, 2003 * Gaudin, Charles. ''La légende du XV de France''. Paris: Democratic books, 2011 * Habib, Nemer. ''Les grands noms du Rugby''. Paris: Glénat, 2010 * Navarra, Enrico. ''Jean-Pierre Rives''. Paris: Galerie Enrico Navarra, 2001 ASIN B00447JXR6 * Persin, Patrick-Gillers. Michel Valdiguié, Michel et al. ''Albert Feraud – Jean-Pierre Rives – Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis – 23/10/1997-21 November 1997''. Toulouse: Office de Tourisme de Toulouse, 1997 * Hegiy, Lorand. Larrouy, Pierre. Wallace, Kent. ''Jean-Pierre Rives au Sénat''. Paris: Cap Gemini 2002 ASIN B001FODBKG * Rives, Jean-Pierre. ''Vestiaires''. Paris: Anne Carrière, 2007 * Rivers, Jean-Pierre. Gex, Alain. ''Le Rives''. Paris: Jacob-Duvernet, 2011 * Xuriguera, Philippe ''Jean-Pierre Rives''. Paris: Philippe Amaury * Weiss, Stéphane. Villepreux, Olivier. ''Le rugby vu par Jean-Pierre Rives''. Paris: Hugo et Compagnie, 2011External links