Georges Le Cardonnel | |
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Born | 12 October 1872
Valence, France |
Died | 9 December 1941
Paris, France | (aged 69)
Occupation(s) | Critic, novelist |
Spouse | Madeleine Dehay |
Parent(s) | Louis Aimable Le Cardonnel Amély Joséphine Cumin |
Relatives | Louis Le Cardonnel (brother) |
Georges Le Cardonnel (1872–1941) was a French literary and art critic.
Georges Le Cardonnel was born on 12 October 1872 in Valence, Drôme, France. [1] His father, Louis Aimable Le Cardonnel, was an engineer. [1] His mother, Amély Joséphine Cumin, was the owner of a clothing shop. [1] His brother, Louis Le Cardonnel, was a Roman Catholic priest and poet. [1]
Le Cardonnel co-authored a book about contemporary French literature with Charles Vellay in 1905. [2] They based their study on the criticisms of Gaston Deschamps, Jean Ernest-Charles, Émile Faguet, and Charles Maurras, among others. [3] The book was a success, and it was re-edited three times. [1]
Le Cardonnel was the author of a novel, Les soutiens de l'Ordre in 1909. [1] By 1911, Le Cardonnel served on the editorial board of Paris-Journal, an arts review for which he reviewed the Orange Festival every year. [1] Meanwhile, he was a contributing critic in La Revue Universelle, Les Marges, Gil Blas, L'Opinion, among other reviews. [1] He served on the committee of the Prix Goncourt in 1932. [1]
Le Cardonnel supported Fernand Sorlot's decision to publish the French translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in France in 1934, even though Sorlot did not own the copyright. [1] At the beginning of World War II, Le Cardonnel worked for Agence Havas. [1]
Le Cardonnel married Madeleine Dehay in 1931. [1] He died on 9 December 1941 in Paris. [1] The bulk of his papers is held at the Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques-Doucet in Paris. [4]
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