Pierre Sipriot (16 January 1921 in Paris – 13 December 1998 in

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) was a 20th-century French journalist and principal biographer of Henry de Montherlant. A journalist for France Culture, Pierre Sipriot produced the ' radio program from 1966. He was twice a recipient of prizes awarded by the Académie française: the

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in 1973 and the Prix de la critique in 1977.

Works

*1953: ''Montherlant par lui-même'', Le Seuil *1982: Montherlant sans masque Tome I, ''L'Enfant prodigue'', Robert Laffont *1990: Montherlant sans masque Tome II, ''Écris avec ton sang'' *1979: ''Montherlant Dessins'', preface by Pierre Sipriot, Copernic *1983: '' Henry de Montherlant -

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, Correspondance (1938-1941)'', présentation and notes by R. Peyrefitte and Pierre Sipriot, Robert Laffont *1979: '' Album de la Pléiade: Montherlant'', bibliothèque de la Pléiade,

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*1987: Pierre Sipriot (dir.), '' Brasillach et la génération perdue'',

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). *1988: ''Montherlant et le suicide'', Éditions du Rocher *1997: ''Le Désastre De L'Europe, 1914-1918, Romain Rolland'', Paris, Bartillat

Bibliography

* "Le procès du ''Montherlant sans masque'' de Pierre Sipriot", ''Droit et Littérature'', double issue of the review ACTES, n° 43-44, April 1984, présented and edited by Régine Dhoquois and Annie Prassoloff

External links

Pierre Sipriot
on the site of the Académie française
''Henry de Montherlant et la sagesse''@
on the site of the

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Francis Jammes par Paul Claudel et Pierre Sipriot (1948)
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