Michel Mohrt

Michel Mohrt (28 April 1914 – 17 August 2011) was an editor, essayist, novelist and historian of French literature.

Mohrt was born in Morlaix, Finistère. He was elected to the Académie française on 18 April 1985. Mohrt died at the age of 97 on 17 August 2011.

Biography

Mohrt entered the literary world at the age of 14, creating woodcuts for a book by the renowned French writer Jakez Breton-Riou. He studied law and literature at the University of Rennes. After obtaining a degree in law he applied at the barreau de Morlaix in 1937. He was a strong supporter of the "Action Française".

He fought with distinction during the 1940 Alpine Line campaign against the Italians, most notably in the Vésubie. During this campaign he fought alongside the famous Jean Bassompierre, who, after the campaign against the Italians, enlisted in the Wehrmacht to fight Bolshevism. Michel Mohrt gave him recognition in his work ''Tombeau de La Rouërie'' ( en, Tomb of the Rouërie).

He was a long-time editor at Éditions Gallimard, where he was a specialist in North American literature. In 1962 he received the Grand Prize in the category of novels from the Académie française for his novel ''Sea Prison'' and was elected to the Académie on 18 April 1985.

Bibliography

*1943 ''Montherlant, « homme libre »'' (Gallimard)
*1943 ''Les Intellectuels devant la défaite de 1870'' (Buchet-Chastel)
*1945 ''Le Répit, roman'' (Albin Michel)
*1948 ''Le Cavalier de la nuit, R. Penn Warren'' (Stock)
*1949 ''Mon royaume pour un cheval'' (Albin Michel)
*1951 ''Les Nomades'' (Albin Michel)
*1952 ''Marin-la-Meslée'' (Pierre Horay)
*1953 ''Le Serviteur fidèle'' (Albin Michel)
*1955 ''Le Nouveau Roman américain'' (Gallimard)
*1956 ''La Littérature d’Amérique du Nord, dans Histoire des Littératures, tome II'' (Gallimard)
*1961 ''La Prison maritime'' (Gallimard) – Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
*1963 ''La Marche de nuit, William Styron'' (Gallimard)
*1965 ''La Campagne d’Italie'' (Gallimard)
*1969 ''L’Ours des Adirondacks'' (Gallimard)
*1970 ''L’Air du large'' (Gallimard)
*1970 ''Un jeu d’enfer, théâtre'' (Gallimard)
*1974 ''Deux Indiennes à Paris'' (Gallimard)
*1975 ''Les Moyens du bord'' (Gallimard)
*1979 ''La Maison du père, récit'' (Gallimard)
*1980 ''Paquebots, le temps des traversées'' (Éditions Maritimes et d’outremer)
*1986 ''La Guerre civile'' (Gallimard)
*1988 ''Vers l’Ouest'' (Olivier Orban)
*1988 ''L’Air du large II'' (Gallimard)
*1989 ''Le Télésiège'' (Gallimard)
*1989 ''Benjamin ou Lettres sur l’inconstance'' (Gallimard)
*1991 ''L’Air du temps'' (Le Rocher)
*1991 ''Un soir, à Londres'' (Gallimard)
*1992 ''Monsieur l’Ambassadeur, théâtre'' (Gallimard)
*1992 ''On liquide et on s’en va, sotie'' (Gallimard)
*1996 ''Les Dimanches de Venise'' (Gallimard)
*1998 ''Bouvard et Pécuchet, de Gustave Flaubert'' (Gallimard)
*1998 ''L’Ile des fous, nouvelles'' (Le Rocher)
*1999 ''De bonne et mauvaise humeur'' (Le Rocher)
*2000 ''Tombeau de La Rouërie'' (Gallimard)
*2002 ''Jessica ou l'amour affranchi'' (Gallimard)

See also

* ''The European'' (magazine)

External links

Short bio on the Académie française website

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1914 births
2011 deaths
People from Morlaix
Members of the Académie Française
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
French military personnel of World War II
Officers of the Legion of Honour
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)
University of Rennes alumni
French male writers
20th-century French non-fiction writers