Jean Duvignaud (22 February 1921 – 17 February 2007) was a French

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

, sociologist and anthropologist. He was born in

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With ...

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...

, on February 22, 1921. Duvignaud was a secondary school teacher first at Abbeville, then at Étampes (1947–1956), where he taught

Georges Perec Georges Perec (; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holoc ...

. After submitting his doctoral thesis, he taught at the University of

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. In 1972, he founded the magazine ''Cause commune'' with

and

Paul Virilio Paul Virilio (; 4 January 1932 – 10 September 2018) was a French cultural theorist, urbanist, architect and aesthetic philosopher. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with divers ...

. For a time he was in a relationship with Clara Malraux, the ex-wife of novelist

André Malraux Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by P ...

. language He died (aged 85) in La Rochelle on February 17, 2007.

Bibliography

* ''L'Acteur, esquisse d'une sociologie du comédien'', Paris, Gallimard, 1965. Rééd. L'Archipel, 1995 * '' Durkheim, sa vie, son œuvre'', Paris, PUF, 1965 * ''Visites d'Atelier Marta Pan'', Cimaise, N.87, Juin Spetembre 1968 * ''Sociologie du théâtre'', Paris, PUF, 1965. Rééd. Quadrige, 1999 * ''Georges Gurvitch, symbolisme social et sociologie dynamique'', Paris, Seghers, 1969 * ''Anthologie des sociologues français contemporains'', Paris, PUF, 1970 * ''Spectacle et société'', Paris, Denoël, 1970 * ''Introduction à la sociologie'', Paris, Gallimard, 1971 * ''Sociologie de l'art'', Paris, PUF, 1972 * ''L'Anomie, hérésie et subversion'', Paris, Anthropos, 1973 * ''Le Langage perdu, essai sur la différence anthropologique'', Paris, PUF, 1973 * ''Fêtes et civilisations'', Paris, Weber, 1974 * ''Le Théâtre contemporain, culture et contre-culture'', Paris, Larousse, 1974 * ''Le Ça perché'', Paris, Stock, 1976 * ''Le Don du rien, essai d'anthropologie de la fête'', Paris, Plon, 1977 * ''Le Jeu du jeu'', Paris, Balland, 1980 * ''L' Or de la République'', Paris, Gallimard, 1984 * ''Le Propre de l'homme, histoires du comique et de la dérision'', Paris, Hachette, 1985 * ''La Solidarité, liens de sang et liens de raison'', Paris, Fayard, 1986 * ''Chebika, étude sociologique'', Paris, Gallimard, 1978. Rééd. Paris, Plon, 1990 * ''La Genèse des passions dans la vie sociale'', Paris, PUF, 1990 * ''Dis l'Empereur, qu'as-tu fait de l'oiseau ?'', Arles, Actes Sud, 1991 * ''Fêtes et civilisations ; suivi de La fête aujourd'hui'', Arles, Actes Sud, 1991 * ''

Perec Perec is a surname of several French people, including: *Georges Perec, (1936–1982), French novelist of Polish-Jewish origin (the surname is the Polish spelling of the Biblical Hebrew name Peretz) *Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec (born 9 ...

ou La cicatrice'', Arles, Actes Sud, 1993 * ''Le singe patriote. Talma, un portrait imaginaire'' (novel), Arles, Actes Sud, 1993 * ''L'oubli ou La chute des corps'', Arles, Actes Sud, 1995 * ''Le pandémonium du présent, idées sages, idées folles'', Paris, Plon, 1998 * ''Le prix des choses sans prix'', Arles, Actes Sud, 2001 * ''Les octos, béant aux choses futures'', Arles, Actes Sud, 2003 * ''Le sous-texte'', Arles, Actes Sud, 2005 * ''La ruse de vivre, état des lieux'', Arles, Actes Sud, 2006

References

External links

Commemoration by Laurent Vidal published in ''Le Monde'' on 21 February 2007

Interview with Duvignaud from the ''Institut d'urbanisme de Paris''
1921 births 2007 deaths People from La Rochelle Academic staff of the University of Tours French anthropologists 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French sociologists French male novelists 20th-century anthropologists Sociologists of art {{France-academic-bio-stub