Robert Mallet (writer)
Robert Mallet | |
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Born | 15 February 1915 |
Died | 4 December 2002 | (aged 87)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Writer, academic |
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Robert Mallet (15 March 1915 – 4 December 2002) was a French writer and academic. He was the first Dean of the University of Antananarivo. He was also the Rector of the Academy of Amiens, Rector-Chancellor of the Académie de Paris, one of the founders of and a professor of the University of Paris-VII, and Chairman of the board of directors of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUPELF). In 1993 he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.
Biography
[edit]Mallet taught in Madagascar from 1959 to 1964, where he founded the Faculty of Letters at the University of Antananarivo, of which he was the first Dean.[1][2][3]
He returned to France, and worked for the French Ministry of National Education. Mallet pleaded for the establishment of a separate academy in Amiens. The Academy of Amiens was created on 1 October 1964 and Mallet became its first Rector.[4][3] He built the campus and supported the creation of the University of Amiens.[5]
In 1969, Mallet became Rector-Chancellor of the Académie de Paris, a position he retained until 1980.[6][7] During this period, he was one of the founders of the University of Paris-VII, where he was a professor from 1980 until his retirement in 1983.[1][8]
From 1972 to 1975, Mallet chaired the board of directors of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUPELF).[3] He was a member of the Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Amiens.[9]
Works
[edit]The following works of Mallet are poetry, unless otherwise stated.
- La Poursuite amoureuse (1932-1940), Paris, Mercure de France, 1943 (novel).
- L'Égoise key or the book of octosyllables, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1946.
- Les Poèmes du feu, Paris, L'Ancre d'or, 1947.
- De All Sorrows, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1948.
- La Châtelaine de Coucy, or no morality without love, Paris, L'Ancre d'or, 1950.
- Love, password, Paris, Seghers, 1952.
- Une mort ambigue, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1955 (essay).
- The Complete Crew, Gallimard, 1958 (theater).
- Mahafaliennes, Gallimard, 1961.
- Le Poème du sablier, Gallimard, 1962 (Prix Archon-Despérouses).
- The rose in its eddies, Gallimard, 1971.
- Apostille or the useful and the futile, Gallimard, 1972.
- When the mirror is surprised, Gallimard, 1974.
- Exploded flint, Gallimard, 1976.
- The blacksmith had told me, followed by Mots princiers, Gallimard, 1982.
- The Hot Shadow, Gallimard, 1984.
- Ellynn , Gallimard, 1985 (novel - Prix des libraires, Charles Oulmont Prize from the Fondation de France 1985).
- This whirling feather: poems, Gallimard, 1988.
- Uninhabited region, Gallimard, 1991.
- Sowing the tree, poems, Gallimard, 1991.
- The uncertain shores, Gallimard, 1993.
- From the same bread, Ultimes reflections, the Green Wave, 2012.[1][4]
Radio
[edit]Mallet worked at the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, where he was known for his interviews with Paul Léautaud or Jean Paulhan and for a series of documents on the French National Library.[1][4][10]
Awards
[edit]- 1942: Prix Fabien, for Le Retour à la terre
- 1959: Gustave Le Métais-Larivière Prize, for all of his work
- 1963: Prix Archon-Despérouses of the Académie Française, for Le poème du sablier[11]
- 1977: Grand Prix de Poésie, for all of his poetic work[12]
- 1993: Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique: Robert Mallet". arllfb.be.
- ^ "Université d'Antananarivo". niv-antananarivo.mg.
- ^ a b c Lardoux, Jacques; Mallet, Robert (2003). Du terroir à la terre: Robert Mallet, recteur, écrivain, mondialiste : etudes biographiques et entretiens avec un témoignage inédit de Guillevic. Editions La Part Commune. ISBN 9782844180360 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "ROBERT MALLET". Encyclopædia Universalis.
- ^ Rectorat de l'Académie d'Amiens (May 11, 2021). "Inauguration de la placette du recteur Robert Mallet". ac-amiens.fr.
- ^ "Décès de l'écrivain Robert Mallet, ancien recteur de la Sorbonne". Le Devoir. 6 December 2002.
- ^ "Robert Mallet prize in the history of education". calenda.org. April 20, 2017.
- ^ "Rencontre avec Robert Mallet pour son dernier roman "Les Rives incertaines" - Ina.fr". Picardie.
- ^ Dodik Jégou and Christophe Penot, The International House of Poets and Writers, Éditions Cristel, Saint-Malo, 2002 (ISBN 2-84421-023-6)
- ^ "Entretiens à la radio avec Robert Mallet," November, 2002.
- ^ "Prix Archon-Despérouses". Académie française.
- ^ "Robert MALLET". Académie française.