- Jean Schlumberger
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Jean Schlumberger (
May 26 ,1877 Guebwiller ,Alsace-Lorraine -October 25 ,1968 ,Paris ) was a Frenchwriter andjournalist . He was the son of Jean Schlumberger, the scion of a textile manufacturing family of German origin, and Marguerite de Witt, the granddaughter of François Guizot. Two of his brothers, Conrad and Marcel, founded theSchlumberger company.Jean Schlumberger is best known as a writer of novels, plays and books of poetry. He was co-founder (with André Gide and
Gaston Gallimard ) of the "Nouvelle Revue Française ", a Frenchliterary journal . He counted the famous writerMarguerite Yourcenar among his friends. His non-fiction, especially his autobiography, "Éveils", has been neglected by critics and literary historians.Works
* "La mort de Sparte" (The Death of Sparta). This play premièred at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris in 1921, and was not well received by the critics or the public.
* "Césaire", play.
* "Les fils Louverné", play.
* "Le camarade infidèle" (The Unfaithful Friend), novel, 1922.
* "Plaisir à Corneille - Promenade Anthologique", 1936.
* "Saint Saturnin" (English title: "The Seventh Age or Saint Saturnin"), 1932.
* "Le lion devenu vieux" (The Lion Grown Old)External links
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* [http://www.kb.nl/bc/koopman/1919-1925/c45-en.html Jean Schlumberger - "Le Camarade Infidèle"]
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