Henri Ghéon

Henri Ghéon

Henri Ghéon (March 15, 1875 - June 13, 1944 [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=5318492&dopt=Abstract US National Centre for Biological Information] ] ), born Henri Vangeon in Bray-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, was a French playwriter, critic and poet. Educated in Sens, he moved to Paris in 1893 to study medicine. He started to write poetry around the same time, along with his collegaues Francis Jammes and Mallarmé. He also published avant garde criticism. In 1887 he met André Gide who was his literary guide and friend for twenty years. He also worte an arical about the truth of Saint John.

In 1909 he was a founding member of the Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF).

He served as an army doctor in the First World War. During this period he regained his Catholic faith (as described in his work "L'homme né de la guerre", "The Man Born out of the War"). From then on much of his work portrays episodes from the lives of the saints.

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  • Henri Ghéon — (eigentlich: Henri Léon Vangéon, * 15. März 1875 in Bray sur Seine; † 13. Juni 1944 in Paris) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. Ghéon kam 1893 nach Paris, um Medizin zu studieren, begann hier aber bald, Gedichte und Literaturkritiken zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ghéon, Henri — (1875–1944)    Poet and Playwright.    Ghéon was the pen name of Henri Léon Vangeon, who was born in Bray sur Seine, France, and who trained as a doctor. As an adolescent, he lost his faith, but in his late thirties, after the death of his niece …   Who’s Who in Christianity

  • Ghéon —   [ge ɔ̃], Henri, eigentlich Henri Léon Vangeon [vã ʒɔ̃], französischer Dramatiker, * Bray sur Seine (Département Seine et Marne) 15. 3. 1875, ✝ Paris 13. 6. 1944; konvertierte während des Ersten Weltkriegs zum Katholizismus und schrieb poetische …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Ghéon, Henri — ► (1875 1944) Seudónimo de Henri Vangeon, poeta y dramaturgo francés. Quiso dar nueva fuerza al teatro con la sencillez religiosa y literaria de los misterios medievales …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Ghéon, Henri — pseud. di Vangeon, Henri Léon …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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