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Jean Lacouture a choisi de ressusciter le profil farouche et attachant d'un savant qui fut aussi un citoyen exemplaire de son siècle. De Figeac à Grenoble, de Saqqara à la Grande Statuaire du musée de Turin à la fournaise d'Abou-Simbel, de la Haute-Egypte à la pierre de Rosette, d'un frère trop paternel à des pharaons muets, on le verra ainsi livrer tous les combats dont peut foisonner une existence pleine et brève. La Révolution, l'amour d'une poétesse toscane, la bienveillance des dieux antiques, la ferveur pour Bonaparte et la fermeté devant Napoléon rythment cette vie. On en suivra ici les étapes, dans le sillage d'un être plus romanesque qu'aucun de ses contemporains, et qui osa, par enthousiasme, ajouter quelques millénaires à la mémoire du monde.
822 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
About the author
Jean Lacouture
160 books13 followersJean Lacouture is a journalist, historian and author. He is particularly famous for his biographies.y
Jean Lacouture began his career in journalism in 1950 in "Combat" as diplomatic redactor. He joined Le Monde in 1951. In 1953, he worked in Cairo for France Soir, before returning to Le Monde as director for the overseas services, and grand reporter (the highest title in French journalism) until 1975.
Politically engaged on the Left, Lacouture supported decolonisation, and Mitterrand from 1981. He worked for the Nouvel Observateur, and L'Histoire. He is interviewed in the 1968 documentary film about the Vietnam War entitled "In the Year of the Pig".
Lacouture was also director for publication at Seuil, one of the main French publishers, from 1961 to 1982, and professor at the IEP of Paris between 1969 and 1972.
He is mainly known to the public because of his biographies, including the lives of Ho Chi Minh, Nasser, Léon Blum, De Gaulle, François Mauriac, Pierre Mendès-France, Mitterrand, Montesquieu, Montaigne, Malraux, Germaine Tillion, Champollion, Rivière, Stendhal and Kennedy.
A dedicated music lover, Lacouture is also president of a society of devotees of Georges Bizet.
Jean Lacouture began his career in journalism in 1950 in "Combat" as diplomatic redactor. He joined Le Monde in 1951. In 1953, he worked in Cairo for France Soir, before returning to Le Monde as director for the overseas services, and grand reporter (the highest title in French journalism) until 1975.
Politically engaged on the Left, Lacouture supported decolonisation, and Mitterrand from 1981. He worked for the Nouvel Observateur, and L'Histoire. He is interviewed in the 1968 documentary film about the Vietnam War entitled "In the Year of the Pig".
Lacouture was also director for publication at Seuil, one of the main French publishers, from 1961 to 1982, and professor at the IEP of Paris between 1969 and 1972.
He is mainly known to the public because of his biographies, including the lives of Ho Chi Minh, Nasser, Léon Blum, De Gaulle, François Mauriac, Pierre Mendès-France, Mitterrand, Montesquieu, Montaigne, Malraux, Germaine Tillion, Champollion, Rivière, Stendhal and Kennedy.
A dedicated music lover, Lacouture is also president of a society of devotees of Georges Bizet.
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