Luc Dietrich

Luc Dietrich is a French writer (1913–1944).

Dietrich is best-known for his autobiography "The Happiness of Sad People" ("Le Bonheur des tristes"). His father died when he was very young, and his mother addicted to drugs and incapable of taking care of young Dietrich, leaving the child often unsupervised until his placement in the care of an asylum; shortly after his release at the age of 18, his mother died.

Dietrich describes a chance meeting that changed his life: that of Lanza del Vasto on a bench of the Monceau Park in Paris. Lanza asks him: "Are you as good as this bread?" (« Êtes-vous bon comme ce pain ? »). From then on, Lanza and Dietrich became inseparable friends. Lanza assists Dietrich with writing, although he always refuses to be associated as a co-author. Dietrich has also made the acquaintance of the poet René Daumal.

Works

* "Huttes à la lisière", 1930
* "The Happiness of Sad People" ("Le Bonheur des tristes"), 1935
* "Earth" ("Terre"), 1936
* "Apprenticeship of the City" ("L’Apprentissage de la ville"), 1942
* "Talk of Friendship" ("Le Dialogue de l’Amitié"), avec Lanza del Vasto, 1942
* "L’Injuste Grandeur", 1943
* "Emblèmes végétaux", 1993
* "Demain, c’est le possible", 1996
* "Poésies", 1996
* "L’École des conquérants", 1997

External links

* (public domain in Canada)