Pierre Jean Jouve facts for kids
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Pierre Jean Jouve
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Portrait of Pierre Jean Jouve by Claire Bertrand.
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| Born | 11 October 1887 |
| Died | 8 January 1976 (aged 88) |
Pierre Jean Jouve (born October 11, 1887 – died January 8, 1976) was a famous French writer. He wrote many novels and poems. He was even nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times! In 1966, he won a big award called the Grand Prix de Poésie from the French Academy.
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Early Life and Beginnings
Pierre Jean Jouve grew up in a town called Arras, France. When he was a teenager, he loved reading poems by famous writers like Rimbaud, Mallarmé, and Baudelaire. This inspired him to start writing his own poetry.
In 1906, when he was just 19, Jouve and his sister Madeleine started a literary magazine. It was called Le Bandeau d'Or. Around this time, he also became involved with a group called the Abbaye de Créteil. This group was a literary and artistic community near Paris.
In 1910, Jouve married Andrée Charpentier. They moved to Poitiers, where Andrée worked as a teacher. Pierre worked selling player pianos, which were popular musical instruments at the time.
World War I and Moving to Switzerland
During World War I, Jouve worked as a helper in a hospital in Poitiers. He believed strongly in peace and did not support the war. In 1915, he and Andrée moved to Switzerland.
In Switzerland, Jouve continued to work in a hospital. He also became good friends with Romain Rolland, another famous writer.
New Beginnings and Important Works
In the 1920s, Jouve met Blanche Reverchon. She was a psychiatrist, a doctor who helps people with their thoughts and feelings. Blanche was also the first person to translate the works of Sigmund Freud into French. Freud was a very important figure in understanding the human mind.
Blanche and Jouve got married in 1925. After this, Jouve decided to change his writing style. He even said he would not publish any of his older works again.
Later in his life, Pierre and Blanche were at the center of a group of writers and artists. This group included famous people like Balthus and David Gascoyne. Jouve was strongly against fascism, a type of strict political system. He became one of the main poets of the French resistance during World War II, alongside Louis Aragon.
Books by Pierre Jean Jouve
Pierre Jean Jouve wrote many books and poems. Here are some of his original works in French:
- Paulina 1880, published in 1925
- Vagadu, published in 1931
- Noces, published in 1931
- Sueur de sang, published in 1935
- Matière céleste, published in 1937
- La Vierge de Paris, published in 1946
- Tombeau de Baudelaire, published in 1958
Some of his works have also been translated into English:
- An Idiom of Night, translated by Keith Bosley
- Hélène, translated by Lydia Davis
- Paulina 1880, translated by Rosette Letellier and Robert Bullen
- The Desert World, translated by Lydia Davis
- Hecate: The Adventure of Catherine Crachat: I, translated by Lydia Davis
- Despair Has Wings: Selected Poems, translated by David Gascoyne
