Paul Morand Biography

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Paul Morand (b. March 13 1888, Paris. d. July 24 1976) was a French diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet, considered an early Modernist. He was a member of the Académie française.

He was a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po). During the pre-war period, he wrote many short books which are noted for their elegance of style, erudition, narrative concision, and for the author's observation of the countries he visited combined with his middle-class views.

Morand's reputation has been marred by his stance during the Second World War, when he collaborated with the Vichy regime and was a vocal antisemite. When the Second World War ended, Morand served as an ambassador in Bern, but his position was revoked and he lived in exile in Switzerland.

Books

• Fouquet ou Le Soleil offusqué, éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1961.
  
• Ouvert la nuit (1922)
  
• Fermé la nuit (1923)
  
• L'Europe galante
  
• Bucarest(1935)
  
• L'Homme pressé (1940)
  
• Venises (1970)
  
• Journal inutile (mémoires, en 2 volumes, 2002)
  
  • Rien que la terre,
    
  • Magie noire (1927),
    
  • Paris-Tombouctou,
    
  • New York (1929),
    
  • Champions du monde (1930),
    
  • Papiers d'identité (1930),
    
  • Air indien,
    
  • Londres,
    
  • Rococo,
    
  • La Route des Indes,
    
  • L'heure qu'il est, chroniques de cet infatigable voyageur.
    
  
  
• Le Dernier Jour de l'Inquisition,
  
• Le Flagellant de Séville,
  
• Le Coucou et le Roitelet,
  
• L'Eau sous les ponts,
  
• Hécate et ses chiens,
  
• La Folle amoureuse,
  
• Fin de siècle,(1957)
  
• Nouvelles d'une vie,
  
• Les Ã?carts amoureux
  

External links

• Bibliography from the Académie française
  
• Album of book covers of his works
  
• A bibliography from a French history website
  

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