Jacques Chardonne

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Jacques Chardonne birthplace in Barbezieux, Charente, France

Jacques Chardonne (born Jacques Boutelleau in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente on January 2, 1884; died in La Frette-sur-Seine on May 29, 1968) is the pseudonym of French writer Jacques Boutelleau. He was a member of the so-called Groupe de Barbezieux.

Early life and career

Raised Protestant, his American Quaker mother was an heiress to the Haviland porcelain dynasty and his father was French. His brother-in-law was of the Delamain cognac dynasty. This informed his trilogy Les Destinées Sentimentales.[1] He was a leader of the Hussards and held in high regard for the award-winning Claire.

World War II

He supported collaboration with the Vichy and in 1940 produced "Private Chronicle 1940", which favored the submission of Europe to Adolf Hitler.[2] After World War II he was denounced for Nazi collaboration[3] and spent time in prison.[4] In an article titled "Jacques Chardonne et Mein Kampf" the 'Frenchness' of his writing was also questioned.[5]

Death and rehabilitation

He died in 1968 after efforts to restore his image. By the 1980s anti-totalitarian journalists like Raymond Aron began to reappraise collaborationist authors like Chardonne.[6] In 1986 his award-winning Claire was made into a TV film[7] and in 2001 Olivier Assayas adapted Les Destinées Sentimentales to film.[8]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ A la mode bull in a china shop
  2. ↑ The New York Times November 2, 1944
  3. ↑ "Tally Ho!" article in the September 18. 1944 issue of Time magazine
  4. ↑ Allegories of the War by Philip Watts, pg 44
  5. ↑ Literature and the French Resistance by Margaret Atack, pg 40
  6. ↑ Neither right nor left By Zeev Sternhell, David Maisel; xxvi
  7. ↑ BFI
  8. ↑ The New York Times
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