Georges Le Cardonnel (1872–1941) was a French literary and art critic.
Georges Le Cardonnel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 1872 Valence, France |
| Died | 9 December 1941 (aged 69) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Critic, novelist |
| Spouse | Madeleine Dehay |
| Parent(s) | Louis Aimable Le Cardonnel Amély Joséphine Cumin |
| Relatives | Louis Le Cardonnel (brother) |
Early life edit
Georges Le Cardonnel was born on 12 October 1872 in Valence, Drôme, France.[1] His father, Louis Aimable Le Cardonnel, was an engineer.[1] His mother, Amély Joséphine Cumin, was the owner of a clothing shop.[1] His brother, Louis Le Cardonnel, was a Roman Catholic priest and poet.[1]
Career edit
Le Cardonnel co-authored a book about contemporary French literature with Charles Vellay in 1905.[2] They based their study on the criticisms of Gaston Deschamps, Jean Ernest-Charles, Émile Faguet, and Charles Maurras, among others.[3] The book was a success, and it was re-edited three times.[1]
Le Cardonnel was the author of a novel, Les soutiens de l'Ordre in 1909.[1] By 1911, Le Cardonnel served on the editorial board of Paris-Journal, an arts review for which he reviewed the Orange Festival every year.[1] Meanwhile, he was a contributing critic in La Revue Universelle, Les Marges, Gil Blas, L'Opinion, among other reviews.[1] He served on the committee of the Prix Goncourt in 1932.[1]
Le Cardonnel supported Fernand Sorlot's decision to publish the French translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in France in 1934, even though Sorlot did not own the copyright.[1] At the beginning of World War II, Le Cardonnel worked for Agence Havas.[1]
Personal life and death edit
Le Cardonnel married Madeleine Dehay in 1931.[1] He died on 9 December 1941 in Paris.[1] The bulk of his papers is held at the Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques-Doucet in Paris.[4]
Works edit
- Le Cardonnel, Georges; Vellay, Charles (1905). La littérature contemporaines: Opinions des écrivains de ce temps. Paris: Société du Mercure de France. OCLC 319007.
- Le Cardonnel, Georges (1909). Les soutiens de l'Ordre. Paris: Mercure de France. OCLC 62415361.
Further reading edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "149 J - FONDS DE LA FAMILLE LE CARDONNEL". Archives départementales de la Drôme. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^ Pennanech, Florian (2010). "Portrait du critique en enquêteur". Romantisme (in French). 3 (159): 65–75. doi:10.3917/rom.149.0065.
- ^ Carbonnel, Marie (2004). "Les écrivains en leur miroir". Mil neuf cent. Revue d'histoire intellectuelle. 1 (22): 29–58. Retrieved June 11, 2016 – via Cairn.info.
- ^ Sagaert, Martine, ed. (2005). Manuscrits littéraires du XXe siècle : conservation, valorisation, interprétation, édition : actes du colloque du 8 avril 2004. Pessac: Presses universitaires de Bordeaux. ISBN 9782911185076. OCLC 420602852.