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Henry Bauchau
Born(1913-01-22)22 January 1913
Mechelen, Belgium
Died21 September 2012(2012-09-21) (aged 99)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Psychoanalyst, author, poet, lawyer
SpouseMary Kozyrev (1910-1984)
ChildrenPatrick Bauchau

Henry Bauchau (22 January 1913 – 21 September 2012) was a Belgian psychoanalyst, lawyer, and author of French prose and poetry.[1]

Biography

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Henry Bauchau was born in Mechelen, Belgium on 22 January 1913. He became a trial lawyer in Brussels in 1936 and was a member of the Belgian Resistance in the Ardennes during World War II.

He was married to Mary Kozyrev; their son is the actor Patrick Bauchau.[2][3] They lived for a time in Gstaad, Switzerland.

Bauchau died in Paris, France on 21 September 2012, aged 99.

Publishing

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From 1945 to 1951 he worked in publishing. In 1946, he moved to Paris.[4] He was a friend of Albert Camus, André Gide, Jacques Lacan, and Jacques Derrida.[5]

Awards

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  • 1990 Royal Academy of Belgian Literature[5]
  • 2002 International Latin Union prize of Romance Language Literatures

Works

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  • Géologie (1958; "Geology"), 1958
  • Gengis Khan, Mermod, 1960 (reprint Actes sud, 1989)
  • La Machination (1969; "The Plot"), (play)
  • Œdipe sur la route, Actes Sud, 1990, ISBN 978-2-86869-510-9
  • La Chine intérieure (1974; "Inner China") (poems)
  • Essai sur la vie de Mao Tsé-toung, Flammarion, 1982, ISBN 2080642235
  • Poésie: 1950-1984, Actes Sud, 1986
  • Le régiment noir, Éperonniers, 1987
  • Diotime et les lions: récit, Actes Sud, 1991, ISBN 978-2-86869-691-5
  • L'écriture et la circonstance, Presses universitaires de Louvain, UCL, 1992
  • Antigone: roman, Actes Sud, 1997, ISBN 978-2-7427-1724-8
  • La déchirure (English: The Tear), Editions Labor, 1998, ISBN 978-2-8040-1337-0
  • Journal d'Antigone: 1989-1997, Actes Sud, 1999
  • L'enfant bleu: roman, Actes sud, 2004, ISBN 978-2-7427-5139-6
  • Le boulevard périphérique: roman, Actes sud, 2008, ISBN 978-2-7427-7169-1
  • Déluge, Actes sud, 2010, ISBN 978-2-7427-8989-4

References

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  1. ^ "Henry Bauchau (Belgian author) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 January 1913. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Patrick Bauchau: Henry Bauchau's "Oedipus on the Road"". Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Patrick Bauchau facts". Freebase. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). culturesfrance.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b "The French Publisher's Agency – Title – Diotime et les lions". Frenchpubagency.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

Bibliography

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  • Surmonte, Emilia, Antigone, La Sphinx d'Henry Bauchau: Les enjeux d'une création (Bruxelles etc., Peter Lang, 2011) (Documents pour l'Histoire des Francophonies. Europe, 24).