André Brincourt (8 November 1920, Neuilly-sur-Seine then Seine (department) – 22 March 2016[1] aged 95) was a French writer and journalist.

Biography

A former resistant, volunteer at eighteen during the Second World War (prisoner then escaped, he engaged in the Combat movement of the region of Nice,[1]) André Brincourt directed the cultural pages, then the literary supplement of the newspaper Le Figaro. He was also a literary journalist on television and had television interviews with André Malraux, of which he was a friend.[1]

Alongside his work as a journalist, he wrote about twenty books in a wide variety of literary genres, ranging from poetry to novel. In his last years, he seemed to have a preference for the fragment and the aphorism as evidenced by his latest publications.

A member of the prix Renaudot from 1984 to 2011,[2] following his resignation he was awarded the Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française in 1999 for all his work.[1][3]

Works

• 1946: Satan et la Poésie, essay, Grasset
• 1948: Désarroi de l'écriture, essay, Vigneau
• 1950: Le Vert Paradis, novel, La Table Ronde – prix du Jeune Roman
• 1952: La Farandole, novel, La Table Ronde – prix Henri-Dumarest 1953 of the Académie française.[3]
• 1956: Les Œuvres et les Lumières, essay, La Table Ronde – prix Sainte-Beuve
• 1957: Les Yeux clos, novel, La Table Ronde
• 1959: La Télévision et ses promesses, essay, La Table Ronde
• 1965: La Télévision, notes et maximes, Hachette
• 1965: Malraux ou le temps du silence, essay, La Table Ronde
• 1973: Noir sur blanc, essai, Fayard
• 1979: Le Musée imaginaire de la littérature du XXe, Éditions Retz
• 1986: Malraux, le malentendu, essay, Grasset – prix Georges-Dupau 1987 of the Académie française.[3]
• 1988: Les Yeux clos, noel, Grasset
• 1990: La Parole dérobée, noel, Grasset
• 1995: Messagers de la nuit  : Roger Martin du Gard, Saint-John Perse, André Malraux , essay, Grasset – Prix de la Critique de l'Académie française.[3]
• 1996: Secrètes Araignées, essay, Grasset
• 1997: Langue française, terre d'accueil, essay, éditions du Rocher – vermeil medal of the Grand prix de la francophonie.[3]
• 1999: Vive les mouches, essay, Grasset
• 2000: Le Bonheur de rompre, novel, Grasset
• 2001: Le Paradis désenchanté, éditions du Rocher
• 2003: Tête-de-loup, essay, Grasset
• 2005: La Mer, l'Amour et la Mort, poetry, Privat
• 2006 Les Conquérants d'eux-mêmes, essay, Grasset
• 2007: Insomnies, pensées, Grasset
• 2009: Vienne le vent, poetry, Melis éditions
• 2010: Littératures d’outre-tombe, essay, Grasset

Prizes and distinctions

• 1945: Croix de guerre 1939-1945 and Médaille de la Résistance.[1]
• 1956: Prix Sainte-Beuve
• 1997: Grande médaille de la francophonie
• 1999: Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française for all his work

References