Jean-Richard Bloch
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Jean-Richard Bloch (May 25, 1884 – March 15, 1947) was a French critic, novelist and playwright.
He was a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) and worked with Louis Aragon in the evening daily Ce soir.
Early life
Bloch was born into a Jewish family. His father was an engineer with the SNCF. He became a professional writer in 1909, after having worked for two years in a high school as an aggregated teacher. By this time, he was already known as a left-leaning intellectual. He joined the French Army in World War One and was injured three times on the battlefields of the Marne and in Verdun. After the war, he felt remorse for having joined the army. He also suffered from neurosis caused by the horrors of war and by the premature death of his youngest daughter, Solange. It was during this time that Bloch traveled to Africa on the advice of a friend. His logbook made during this maritime voyage was published in newspapers and magazines of the period and was later serialized into a three volume book set. [1]
Literary works
- A Publisher of "L'Effort Libre", 1910–1914 (left-wing literary magazine)
- Lévy, 1912
- ... et Compagnie, 1918 (novel)
- La nuit Kurde (novel)
- Sybilla, 1932 (novel)
- Carnaval est mort, 1920 (critic)
- A leader of "Europe" (with Jean Guéhenno)
- Offrande à la musique, 1930 (ballet)
- Destin du siècle, 1931
- Naissance d'une culture, 1936
- Toulon (a play)
- De la France trahie à la France en armes, 1949
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- ^ YOSHIZAWA, Hideki (2015). "L'après-guerre chez Jean-Richard Bloch dans Première journée à Rufisque(1926), Incarnation du prolétariat chez les Africains subsahariens" [The postwar period at Jean-Richard Bloch's First Day at Rufisque (1926), Incarnation of the proletariat among Sub-Saharan Africans]. Etudes de langue et litterature francaises (in French). 107: 137–152. doi:10.20634/ellf.107.0_13. Retrieved April 10, 2017.