Jean Pavans is a French writer and translator, born in Tunis on September 20, 1949. His father and mother were Bernard Pavans de Ceccatty (1925–1984) and Ginette Fréah (1924–2015). The writer

René de Ceccatty René de Ceccatty (born 1 January 1952 in Tunis) is a French writer, translator and editor. He has written about 30 novels and biographies and translated works from Italian and Japanese. His 1994 work, ''Violette Leduc, éloge de la bâtarde'' pr ...

is his younger brother. His first books were published in the early 1980s by Les Éditions de la Différence. He then began his translations of

Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...

, the main part of which being ''The Complete Tales'', in four volumes, the first appearing in 1990, and the last one in 2009. For various publishers, he translated other Anglo-Saxon classics, such as

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, Gertrude Stein,

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and

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. His first play adapted from

, ''Retour à Florence'', was performed in 1985 at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, in Paris. His French adaptation of ''

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'' was staged in 2002 by

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and produced by the Comédie-Française. His translation of

's ''

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'' was staged in 2005 by

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at the Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris. Published in 2003, his translation of

's '' The Proust Screenplay'' was broadcast in 2012 by France Culture with the actors of the Comédie-Française. He wrote the libretto of ''

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'', an opera by French composer Arnaud Petit, premiered in 2011 at the Forum du Blanc-Mesnil, with the orchestra

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conducted by

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. In 2015, he worked with film director Julien Landais on a script in English based on his scenic adaptation of ''Les Papiers d'Aspern''. The film, ''

'', was shot in Venice in July 2017, starring

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, Joely Richardson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. An expanded version of ''

'' premiered in April 2023 at the Oper Köln in a staging by Frederic Wake-Walker, with Emily Hindrichs and Miljenko Turk as May Bartram and John Marcher, and the Gürzenich-Orchester conducted by François-Xavier Roth.

Distinctions

Distinctions : Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, 1999.

Publications

Éditions de la Différence

* ''Lazare définitif'', récit, 1980. * ''Sauna'', pastiches, 1980 ; réédition, Minos, 2006. * ''Ruptures d'innocence'', roman, 1982. * ''La Griselda'', nouvelles, 1986. * ''Retour à Florence'', théâtre d'après Henry James, 1986. * ''Le Sceau brisé'', esquisse jamesienne, 1988. * ''Le Théâtre des sentiments'', roman, 1991. * ''Persée'', légende dramatique, 2006. * ''Heures jamesiennes'', essai, 2008. * ''Le Regard du dandy'', nouvelles, 2009.

Other publishers

* ''La Traversée américaine'', essai, Payot, 1999. * ''Marlene Dietrich'', biographie, Gallimard, 2007. * ''Le Musée intérieur de Henry James'', essai, avec iconographie, Le Seuil, 2016. * ''Le Christ selon Berlioz'', essai, avec anthologie, Bayard, 2018. * ''Proust, Vermeer, Rembrandt'', essai, Arléa, 2018. * ''Le Scénario Baudelaire'', essai, Le Seuil, 2020.

Translations

Henry James

* ''Retour à Florence'', nouvelles, La Différence, 1983 ; réédition 10/18 n^o 2128, 1990. * ''La Source sacrée'', roman, La Différence, 1984 ; réédition, 10/18 n^o 2195, 1991 ; réédition révisée, Folio n^o 4190, 2005. * ''Heures italiennes'', essais, La Différence, 1985; réédition, Minos, 2006. * ''Esquisses parisiennes'', chroniques, La Différence, 1988 ; réédition, Minos, 2006. * ''Nouvelles complètes'', tome 1 (1864–1875), La Différence, 1990. deuxième édition 2010. * ''Nouvelles complètes'', tome 2 (1876–1888), La Différence, 1992. deuxième édition 2012. * ''La Scène américaine'', essais, La Différence, 1993, réédition, Minos, 2008. * ''Le Tollé'', roman, Aubier, 1996 ; réédition GF n^o 1150, 2001. * ''Pauvre Richard'', nouvelle, Mille et une nuits, Petite collection n^o 103, 1996 * ''Les Journaux'', nouvelle, Grasset, Cahiers rouges n^o 255,1997. * ''La Tour d'ivoire'', roman, Payot, 1998 ; réédition, Rivages/Poche n^o 355, 2001. * ''Le Tour d'écrou'', nouvelle, EJL, Librio n^o 200, 1997 ; réédition, GF bilingue n^o 1034, 1999 ; réédition, GF Étonnants classiques n^o 236, 2006 * ''Daisy Miller'', nouvelle, GF bilingue n^o 1146, 2001. * ''Les Papiers d'Aspern'', nouvelle, Mille et une nuits, Petite collection n^o 243, 1999 ; réédition, GF bilingue n^o 1159, 2002. * ''La Bête dans la jungle'' et ''Le Motif dans le tapis'', nouvelles, GF bilingue n^o 1181, 2004. * ''George Sand'', essais, préface de Diane de Margerie, Mercure de France, 2004. * ''Nouvelles complètes'', tome 3 (1888–1896), La Différence, 2008. * ''Nouvelles complètes'', tome 4 (1896–1910), La Différence, 2009.Prix Halpérine-Kaminsky Consécration 2009. * ''Sur Robert Browning'', essais, Le Bruit du temps, 2009. * ''Les Ambassadeurs'', roman, Le Bruit du temps, 2010. * ''La Situation littéraire actuelle en France'', essais, Le Seuil, 2010. * ''La Maîtresse de M. Briseux, et sept autres nouvelles'', Intégrale thématique des Nouvelles, volume 1, La Différence, coll. Minos, 2010. * ''Les Papiers d'Aspern, et sept autres nouvelles'', Intégrale thématique des Nouvelles, volume 2, La Différence, coll. Minos, 2010. * ''Le Siège de Londres, et cinq autres nouvelles'', Intégrale thématique des Nouvelles, volume 3, La Différence, coll. Minos, 2011. * ''Une tournée de visite, et neuf autres nouvelles'', Intégrale thématique des Nouvelles, volume 4, La Différence, coll. Minos, 2011. * ''Le Point de vue, et sept autres nouvelles'', Intégrale thématique des Nouvelles, volume 5, La Différence, coll. Minos, 2012. * ''Le Motif dans le tapis, et onze autres nouvelles'', Intégrale thématique des Nouvelles, volume 6, La Différence, coll. Minos, 2012. * ''Heures anglaises'', essais, Le Seuil, 2012. * ''La Coupe d'or'', roman, Le Seuil, 2013 ; réédition, Points Signatures, 2016. * ''Daisy Miller, et neuf autres nouvelles'', Intégrale thématique des Nouvelles, volume 7, La Différence, coll. Minos, 2016. * ''Les Papiers d'Aspern'', avec préface et adaptation théâtrale, Points Signatures, 2018. * ''Voyages d'une vie'', chroniques, Bouquins Laffont, 2020. * ''Les Ailes de la colombe'', roman, Le Bruit du Temps, 2020. * ''La Bête dans la jungle'' suivi de ''L'Autel des morts'', nouvelles, Points Signatures, 2023.

Other writers

** ''Les Chemins parcourus'', autobiographie, Flammarion, 1995 ; réédition, 10/18 n^o 3324, 2001 ; nouvelle édition augmentée, Flammarion, 2021. Prix Maurice Coindreau 1996. ** ''Sur les rives de l'Hudson'', roman, Flammarion, 1996 ; réédition, J'ai lu n^o 4932, 1999. ** ''Les dieux arrivent'', roman, Flammarion, 1999 ; réédition, J'ai lu n^o 6075, 2000. ** ''Les Mœurs françaises et comment les comprendre'', essai, Payot, 1999. ** ''Les New-Yorkaises'', roman, Flammarion, 2000 ; réédition, J'ai lu n^o 5905, 2001. ** ''Une affaire de charme'', nouvelles, Flammarion, 2002 ; réédition, J'ai lu n^o 6921, 2004. ** ''Libre et légère'' (suivi de ''Expiation''), roman, Flammarion, 2003 ; réédition, J'ai lu n^o 8030, 2006. ** ''Un fils sur le front'', roman, Flammarion, 2004. ** ''Preuve d'amour'', nouvelles, Flammarion, 2005. ** ''Les Règles de la fiction'', essai, Viviane Hamy, 2006. ** ''La France en automobile'', essai, préface de Julian Barnes, Mercure de France, 2015 ; réédition, Folio n° 6300, 2017. ** ''Les Amours d'Odon et Fulvia'', roman, Flammarion, 2016. * Gertrude Stein ** ''Flirter au Bon Marché'', anthologie, Phébus, 2008. ** ''Henry James'', précédé de ''William Shakespeare'' par Henry James, essais, Phébus, 2008. *

** ''Poésie'', in ''Autres Voix'', textes, Buchet-Chastel, 2001; repris dans ''Un verre à minuit'', L'Arche, 2010. ** ''Le Scénario Proust'', Gallimard, 2003. ** ''Célébration'' & ''La Chambre'', théâtre, Gallimard, 2003 ** ''La Guerre'', poésie, Gallimard, 2003. ** ''Art, Vérité et Politique'', discours de réception du Nobel 2005, Gallimard, 2006. *

** ''La Révolte de l'Islam'', édition bilingue, préface de Judith Brouste, ''Poésie/''Gallimard, 2016. *

** ''Le Corsaire et autres poèmes orientaux'', édition bilingue, avec préface, ''Poésie/''Gallimard, 2019. ** ''Le pèlerinage de Childe Harold'', édition bilingue, préface de Franck Delorieux, Manifeste!, 2022. *

W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American-Ghanaian sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in ...

** ''Pénombre de l'aube'', autobiographie, avec préface et notes, Vendémiaire, 2020. *

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...

** ''L'ivrognerie de Franklin Evans'', roman, avec préface et notes, Corti, 2022. *

Rupert Brooke Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915)The date of Brooke's death and burial under the Julian calendar that applied in Greece at the time was 10 April. The Julian calendar was 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. was an En ...

**''Lettres d'Amérique'', précédées de ''Rupert Brooke'' par Henry James, avec préface et notes, Manifeste!, 2022. *

Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champ ...

** ''L'éthique littéraire'', cinq conférences, précédées d' ''Emerson'' par Henry James, avec préface et notes, Les Belles Lettres, 2022.

References

External links

* * http://www.viabooks.fr/interview/rencontre-avec-jean-pavans-19921 * http://next.liberation.fr/livres/2008/02/21/ce-que-jean-pavans-sait-de-henry-james_65625 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavans, Jean 1949 births Living people French writers French translators