Éric Jourdan

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Éric Jourdan (born 1938) is a French novelist^[1] and playwright.

Perhaps his most famous book is his first, Les Mauvais Anges (English: The Wicked Angels, also published in English under the title Two), published in 1955 at the age of 17. It was immediately a source of controversy^{[citation needed]} for its frank and erotic depiction of a homosexual relationship between two adolescent boys. Despite being banned twice over the course of thirty years, it was critically acclaimed.^{[citation needed]} A translation into English by Richard Howard soon followed, and was also well received.^{[citation needed]}

After the reception of Les Mauvais Anges, Jourdan continued to write using pseudonyms. He moved often and lived a bohemian lifestyle, living in Savoie and Tyrol, Austria before becoming the adopted ward of French-American writer Julien Green, after which he lived primarily in Paris.

References

↑ MONTFORT, JULIA (3 July 2008). "Les blessures d'Eric Jourdan, actualité Culture". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2011.

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Name	Jourdan, Eric
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Short description	French writer
Date of birth	1938
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