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Also known as Herve Bazin

French writer (1911–1996)

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Hervé Bazin, born Jean Pierre Marie Hervé-Bazin in Lille in 1911, was a French poet, writer, and essayist. He died in Angers in 1996. Writing in French, he adopted the pseudonyms Hervé Bazin and Jean Marbolivien. His literary output included works such as *Chapeau bas*, *In the name of the sun*, *La tête contre les murs*, and *Au nom du fils*.

Bazin was a member of the Académie Mallarmé and served as a president. He received the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, the Lenin Peace Prize, and was made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. His residences included Chelles, Angers, Mont-Saint-Aignan, and Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1911
Died
1996
Works
75

Top works

  • Chapeau bas
  • In the name of the sun
  • Hervé Bazin
  • La tête contre les murs
  • Au nom du fils

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Writing · Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

Hervé Bazin (17 April 1911 – 17 February 1996) was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families. Bazin, born Jean-Pierre Hervé-Bazin in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France came from a high-bourgeois Catholic family. He was the great-nephew of the writer René Bazin. His father was a magistrate who with his wife had been…

Known for

  • Nulle part ailleurs — Self1987
  • 30 millions d'amis — Self1976
  • Apostrophes — Self1975
  • Midi Première — Self1975
  • Samedi soir — Self1971

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
experimentalindustrial

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
42

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Key facts

Born
( 1911-04-17 ) 17 April 1911, Angers , Francis
Died
17 February 1996 (1996-02-17) (aged 84), Angers, France
Education
University of Paris
Occupation
writer

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jean
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Lille
Place of death
Angers
Occupation
essayist
Position held
president
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
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date of birth
1911-04-17
date of death
1996-02-17
birth name
Jean Pierre Marie Hervé
Commons category
Hervé Bazin
name in native language
Hervé Bazin
pseudonym
Jean Marbolivien
relative
Q127539
writing language
French
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Encyclopedic overview

Hervé Bazin ( French: [bazɛ̃]; 17 April 1911 – 17 February 1996) was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families.

Biography

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