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Decolonisation, both in his reporting and in novels based on what he saw, particularly the bitterness of the combattants who sacrified for an ideal vision of France, being confronted by the mediocrity and the absence of vision of the politicians of the Fourth Republic. | |||
He particularly explains why the Indochinese populations felt betrayed by the failure of reforms promised just after World War II; also the origins of the SAO (Secret Army Organization, the OAS in French) during the fiasco of the Algerian War. | |||
Also major reporting from around the world in places such as Japan; finally, history, as in "To Die for Jerusalem". | |||
His message is completely nonconformist and out of phase with our days, troublesome or bothering, because he finds himself, like his near-contemporary [[George Orwell]], both anti-communist (while understanding the moral call of its doctrine) and pro-Western, but having at the same time a deep scorn for what the colonial system had become. | |||
==Ecrits de Jean Lartéguy== | ==Ecrits de Jean Lartéguy== |
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Jean Lartéguy, born Jean Pierre Lucien Osty in 1920, is a French novelist and journalist. He is the nephew of Émile Osty, a canon noted for having spend much of his life translating the Bible.
Biography
Jean Lartéguy was born 1920 in the Lozère. He obtained a degree in history at Toulouse, then became the secretary of the historian Joseph Calmette.
He volunteered for the French military in Octobre 1939. During the Germany occupation of France he escaped from France in March, 1942, into Spain, where he was interned for nine months. He rejoined the Free French forces as an officer of a group of commandos. He remained on active service for seven years before becoming a captain in the reserves. He received several decorations: The Légion d'Honneur, the Croix de guerre 39-45, the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures (TOE)with four citations.
He was a war correspondent, particularly for Paris Match), or a participant during many events of the second half of the 20th century including the revolution of Azerbaïdjan, the war in Palestine, the Korean War guerre de Corée (wounded during the battle of Heartbreak Ridge), Indochina, Algeria, then VietNam, various revolutions in Latin America, etc.
He was a reporter for Paris-Presse from 1952 on and won the Prix Albert Londres en 1955.
He is the father of the actress Ariane Lartéguy.
Works
- Themes
Decolonisation, both in his reporting and in novels based on what he saw, particularly the bitterness of the combattants who sacrified for an ideal vision of France, being confronted by the mediocrity and the absence of vision of the politicians of the Fourth Republic.
He particularly explains why the Indochinese populations felt betrayed by the failure of reforms promised just after World War II; also the origins of the SAO (Secret Army Organization, the OAS in French) during the fiasco of the Algerian War.
Also major reporting from around the world in places such as Japan; finally, history, as in "To Die for Jerusalem".
His message is completely nonconformist and out of phase with our days, troublesome or bothering, because he finds himself, like his near-contemporary George Orwell, both anti-communist (while understanding the moral call of its doctrine) and pro-Western, but having at the same time a deep scorn for what the colonial system had become.
Ecrits de Jean Lartéguy
- La ville étranglée (1955), Julliard, roman
- Les âmes errantes (1956), Albin Michel, roman
- La tragédie du Maroc interdit (1957), Éditions les 4 fils Aymon
- Les dieux meurent en Algérie (1960) , Editions de la pensée moderne, (1998) Trésor du patrimoine (textes de Jean Lartéguy, photos de Marc Flament)
- Les baladins de la Margeride (1962), Presses de la Cité, (1969), Pocket
- Les mercenaires (1963), Pocket, roman (paru d'abord sous le titre «Du sang sur les collines», sans aucun succès, réédité avec le nouveau titre suite au succès des «Centurions»)
- Les chimères noires (1963), Presses de la Cité, roman
- Guerre d'Algérie, deux volumes
- Le paravent japonais (1964), Raoul Solar, reportage
- Le mal jaune (1965), Pocket, roman (reprise de deux titres précédemment publiés : La ville étranglée, et Les âmes errantes
- Un million de dollars le Viet (1965), Raoul Solar Editeur
- Sauveterre (1966), Presses de la Cité, (1970), Pocket
- Les guérilleros (1967), Raoul Solar, (1972) Pocket, reportage
- Les chimères noires (1967), Pocket, roman
- Les murailles d'Israël (1968), Pocket, récit
- Les tambours de bronze (1969), Pocket, roman
- Ces voix qui nous viennent de la mer (1969) Solar/editeur
- Tout homme est une guerre civile, deux volumes
- Lettre ouverte aux bonnes femmes (1972), Albin Michel
- Enquête sur un crucifié (1973), J'ai Lu, roman
- Les Rois mendiants (1975), , roman
- Tout l'or du diable (1976), Pocket, roman
- L'adieu à Saïgon (1976), Pocket, reportage
- Les rois mendiants (1977), J'ai Lu, roman
- La guerre nue (1977), Pocket. Il s'agit d'un recueil d'entretiens avec François Poli, à caractère autobiographique.
- Les naufragés du soleil, trois romans
- Le gaur de la rivière noire (1978), J'ai Lu, roman
- Le cheval de feu (1980), J'ai Lu, roman
- Le baron céleste (1982), J'ai Lu, roman
- Dieu, l'or et le sang (1980), Presses de la Cité
- Le commandant du nord (1982), Presses de la Cité, roman
- Marco Polo espion de Venise (1984), Pocket
- Soldats perdus et fous de Dieu, Indochine 1954-1955 (1986), Presses de la Cité,
- L'or de Baal (1987), Gallimard
- Tahiti (1988), Pocket
- Le Roi noir, (1991), éditions de Fallois, roman
- Mourir pour Jérusalem (1995), éditions de Fallois, histoire
- Sans indication d'année
- Voyage au bout de la guerre, Presses de la Cité
- Fiu-Tahiti, la pirogue et la bombe, Presses de la Cité
- La fabuleuse aventure du peuple de l'opium, Presses de la Cité
- Liban - 8 jours pour mourir, Presses de la Cité
- L'ombre de la guerre, deux volumes
- Le joueur de flûte, Presses de la Cité 1989
- La saltimbanque, Presses de la Cité
- Le dragon, le maître du ciel et ses sept filles ([[]]), éditions G.P.
- Sahara an I ([[]]), Gallimard
- La grande aventure de Lacq ([[]]), Gallimard
- Le protecteur ([[]]), Le Mercure de France, théâtre
- Clefs pour l'Afrique ([[]]), Albin Michel
- Les centurions du Roi David Photographies Alain Taieb (1968), La Pensée Moderne, album
- Triple jeu ([[]]), Laffont
- Compilations
- Récits de guerre (1989), Omnibus, compilation
- Les mercenaires, Les centurions, Les prétoriens, Le mal jaune, Les Tambours de bronze
- Le mal d'Indochine (1994), Omnibus, compilation
- Enquête sur un crucifié, L'adieu à Saigon, Les naufragés du soleil
- La nuit africaine (1996), Omnibus, compilation
- Les chimères noires, Les Rois mendiants, Le commandant du nord, Le Roi noir
- Indochine (2004), Omnibus, compilation
Divers
Jean-Jacques Beucler, un de ses héros.
Cinéma
Les centurions, (Lost Command), 1966, est un film très librement adapté du roman de Jean Lartéguy et réalisé par Mark Robson.
Catégorie:Écrivain français du XXe siècle Catégorie:Naissance en 1920 Catégorie:Personnalité de la Lozère