Henri Daniel-Rops
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| Henri Daniel-Rops | |
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| Born | Henri Jules Charles Petiot January 19, 1901 Épinal, France |
| Died | July 27, 1965 Aix-les-Bains, France |
| Pen name | Henri Daniel-Rops |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | French |
| Genres | Catholic religion |
| Literary movement | Ordre Noveau |
| Notable work(s) | Jesus, His Life and Times |
| Notable award(s) | French Academy 1955 |
| Spouse(s) | Madeleine Bouvier |
| Children | Francis Petiot |
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Henri Daniel-Rops (Épinal, January 19, 1901 - Aix-les-Bains, July 27, 1965), French writer and historian whose real name was Henri Petiot.
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[edit] Early life
He was the son of a military officer. Daniel-Rops was a student of the Faculty of Law and Literature in Grenoble. He received his Agrégation in History in 1922, the youngest in France. He became a professor in Chambéry, Amiens and finally in Paris. In the late 1920's he began his literary career with an essay, Notre inquiétude (Our Concern, 1927) and a novel L'âme obscure (The dark soul, 1929) and several articles in various journals, Correspondent, Notre Temps and La Revue des vivants.
[edit] Literary career
Starting in 1931 he wrote mostly about Catholicism, advised by Gabriel Marcel with whom he shared membership in the Ordre Nouveau. He helped disseminate those ideas in books which makes him one of the representatives of the intellectual ferment of non-conformists the years 1930: Le Monde sans âme (The world without a soul), Les annés tournantes, Eléments de notre destin.
After 1935, his ties with Ordre Nouveau is somewhat loose. He assisted in the weeklies and publishing the Catholics Sept Temps. Until 1940 he published several novels, biographies and essays, at the home of the collection Présences Plon Edition', from where he published the book La France et son armée (France and his army) of General de Gaulle, whom he would befriend.
From 1941 to 1944, he wrote Le peuple de la Bible (The People of the Bible) and a son Jésus temps (Jesus and His Times), the beginning of a work of religious history that will continue with a monumental Histoire de l'Eglise du Christ (History of the Church of Christ).
After the liberation of France in 1944, he abandoned teaching to devote himself to work as a Christian historian and writer, directing the magazine Ecclésia and encyclopedic collection Je sais, je crois (I know, I think) Editions Fayard.
At the same time, he worked with various European federalist movements, with some of his former colleagues from Ordre Nouveau. He joined The Federation, and the French Federalist Movement.
From 1957 to 1963 was one of the 50 governors of the European Foundation of Culture founded by Denis de Rougemont. In 1955, he was elected to the French Academy.
[edit] Works
Daniel Rops was written novels and works of religious history:
L'Âme obscure L'Épée de feu Jésus and His Times Histoire sainte Histoire Sainte Mort, où est ta victoire? (Death, where is thy victory?) La nuit des cœurs flambants La vie quotidienne en Palestine au temps de Jésus (The daily life in Palestine at the time of Jesus)
He was also a professor of history at the Lyceum Chambéry from 1922 to 1929.
Daniel-Rops was undoubtedly the most widely read writer in France by post-war Catholics.
[edit] External links
- Daniel-Rops autobio
- News and biographical works on the site of the French Academy.
- Retrieved from French Wikpedia]
| Preceded by Édouard Le Roy |
Seat 7 Académie française 1955-1966 |
Succeeded by Pierre-Henri Simon |
