Jean Guéhenno

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Jean Guéhenno


Born
in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine , France
March 25, 1890

Died
September 22, 1978


Jean Guéhenno, writer and educator, was a prominent contributor to the NRF. He was editor-in-chief of the literary journal Europe from 1929 until May 1936. Guéhenno wrote one novel, 'The Dead Youth', based on his memories of World War I.

During the German occupation of France, Guéhenno refused to publish, believing to do so would be collaboration. Instead he kept a secret journal, chronicling the infringement by the Vichy government of traditional French rights and values, and his own efforts in behalf of the Resistance. This was published in France in 1947.

The first English translation of the journal, by David Ball, was published in 2014 under the title 'Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1944.'

According to the translator's introduction, it is "
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Diary of the Dark Years, 19...

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Journal d'un homme de 40 ans

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L'indépendance De L'esprit:...

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Dernières lumières, dernier...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977 — 2 editions
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Caliban parle - suivi de : ...

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Jean Jacques:  Histoire D'u...

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L'évangile éternel (essai f...

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Sur le chemin des hommes (L...

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L'Evangile éternel

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“Η αληθινή προδοσία είναι να ζεις σ’ έναν τέτοιο κόσμο και να χρησιμοποιήσεις το πνεύμα σου για να τον δικαιολογήσεις.”
Jean Guéhenno, Caliban parle - suivi de : Conversion à l'humain

“Un livre est un outil de liberté.”
Jean Guéhenno, Carnets du vieil écrivain

“It is bad to love life if one loves it like a coward.”
Jean Guéhenno, Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1944: Collaboration, Resistance, and Daily Life in Occupied Paris

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