Roger Nimier (31 October 1925 – 28 September 1962) was a French novelist.
Life
Nimier was born in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
, and served in the French Army, specifically in the 2nd
Hussard Regiment in the Second World War (until 1945).
He began to write quite early in his life. His first novel, ''Les Épées'' (''The Swords'') was published in 1948, when he was only 23.
Nimier was the recognized leader of the ''
Hussards'', a literary group which included notably
Antoine Blondin
Antoine Blondin (11 April 1922 – 7 June 1991) was a French writer.
He belonged to the literary group called the '' Hussards''. He was also a sports columnist in ''L'Équipe''. Blondin also wrote under the name Tenorio.
Biography
Blondin was ...
,
Michel Déon
Michel Déon (; 4 August 1919 – 28 December 2016) was a French novelist and literary columnist. He published over 50 works and was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, '' Les Poneys sauvages'' (Th ...
and
Jacques Laurent, opposed to
existentialism
Existentialism ( ) is a form of philosophical inquiry that explores the problem of human existence and centers on human thinking, feeling, and acting. Existentialist thinkers frequently explore issues related to the meaning, purpose, and valu ...
. He was opposed to the figure of the "engaged writer" symbolized by
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...
.
Nimier most famous work is considered to be ''
The Blue Hussar'' published in 1950. Nimier also wrote in
monarchist
Monarchism is the advocacy of the system of monarchy or monarchical rule. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government independently of any specific monarch, whereas one who supports a particular monarch is a royalist. ...
review ''
La Nation française
''La Nation française'' ("The French Nation") was a French monarchist weekly magazine influenced by Charles Maurras, the founder of the Action française movement. It was founded in 1955 as an offshoot of '' Aspects de la France'', another monarc ...
''. He also worked with director
Louis Malle
Louis Marie Malle (; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down," Malle's filmogr ...
on the screenplay for Malle's 1958 film ''
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
''Elevator to the Gallows'' (french: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), also known as ''Frantic'' in the U.S. and ''Lift to the Scaffold'' in the U.K., is a 1958 French crime thriller film directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ro ...
''.
The
Roger Nimier Prize The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards movement. The ...
was established in 1963 and goes to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier".
Published works
* ''
Les Épées'' (1948)
* ''
Perfide'' (1950)
* ''
The Blue Hussar'' (''Le hussard bleu'') (1950)
* ''
Les Enfants tristes'' (1951)
* ''
Nothing to Make a Fuss About
''Nothing to Make a Fuss About'' () is a 1953 novel by the French writer Roger Nimier. The narrative is set in Paris right after World War I. It tells the story of a female ex-ambulance driver with a passion for the arts, who falls in love with a ...
'' (''Histoire d'un amour'') (1953)
* ''
D'Artagnan amoureux
Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Fra ...
'' (1962)
* ''
L' Etrangere
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* an abbreviated form of a French definite article
* the compose key sequence for Ĺ (L + acute accent)
* palatalised ''l'', in Slavic notation
It looks similar to:
* Ľ (L ...
'' (1968)
See also
*
Hussards (literary movement)
The Hussards was a French literature of the 20th century, French literary movement in the 1950s which opposed Existentialism and the figure of the politically engaged intellectual as personified by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Origins
Its name was coined by ...
References
1925 births
1962 deaths
Writers from Paris
French Army personnel of World War II
People affiliated with Action Française
Road incident deaths in France
20th-century French novelists
French male novelists
20th-century French male writers
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