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Julien Green
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American author (1900–1998)
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Julien Green, born Julian Hartridge Green on 6 September 1900 in Paris, France, was an American writer, biographer, autobiographer, and playwright. He wrote in French and English and was a member of the Académie Française, the Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises, the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Green was educated at the University of Virginia and held United States citizenship.
His notable works include *Un puritain homme de lettres*, *Nathaniel Hawthorne*, *Léviathan*, *Moira*, *Mont - Cinere.*, and *Dreamer*. He received the Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française and the Grand prix national des Lettres. Green died on 13 August 1998 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. He is buried in Austria, and his archives are held at the Berlin State Library.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 6 September 1900
- Died
- 13 August 1998
- Works
- 334
Top works
- Un puritain homme de lettres, Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Léviathan
- Moira
- Mont - Cinere.
- Dreamer
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Film & TV
Paris, France
Julien Green (September 6, 1900 – August 13, 1998) was an American writer who authored several novels (The Dark Journey, The Closed Garden, Moira, Each Man in His Darkness, the Dixie trilogy, etc.), a four-volume autobiography (The Green Paradise, The War at Sixteen, Love in America and Restless Youth) and his famous Diary (in nineteen volumes, 1919–1998). He wrote primarily in French and was the…
Known for
- Apostrophes — Self1975
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Key facts
- Born
- Julian Hartridge Green , ( 1900-09-06 ) 6 September 1900, Paris , France
- Died
- 13 August 1998 (1998-08-13) (aged 97), Paris , France
- Resting place
- Sankt Egid Church, Klagenfurt , Austria
- Pen name
- Théophile Delaporte, David Irland
- Occupation
- Novelist, diarist and essayist
- Nationality
- American
- Notable works
- The Dark Journey The Closed Garden Moira Each Man in His Darkness Dixie trilogy Diary (1919–1998) Autobiography (four volumes)
- Partner
- Robert de Saint-Jean
- Children
- Éric Jourdan (adopted)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julian
- Family name
- Green
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- 17th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Educated at
- University of Virginia
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Julian Green (1900-1998), portrait by Carl van Vechten.jpg
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- Commons category
- Julien Green
- date of birth
- 1900-09-06
- date of death
- 1998-08-13
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Commons gallery
- Julien Green
- name in native language
- Julien Green
- pseudonym
- Théophile Delaporte
- birth name
- Julian Hartridge Green
- writing language
- English language
- P8168
- Bourbaki
- place of burial
- Austria
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Julien Green, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Julien Green (originally "Julian Hartridge Green", 6 September 1900 – 13 August 1998), often Julian Green, was an American writer who lived most of his life in France and wrote mostly in French and only occasionally in English. Over a long and prolific career, he authored novels and essays, several plays, and a biography of Francis of Assisi, produced a four-volume autobiography, and for decades maintained a daily journal that he edited and published in nineteen volumes. The posthumous publication of the unexpurgated text of his journals presented a different version of his personality and sexuality, revealed details of the lives of many of his prominent contemporaries, and documented the gay subculture of 20th-century France.
When elected to membership in the Académie française in 1971, he was the first non-French national to join its ranks. He was the recipient of many awards and one of the few writers to have his collected works published in Gallimard's Pleiade library during his lifetime.
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