Éric Jourdan
Éric Jourdan (1930–7 February 2015) was a French novelist and playwright.[1][2]
Perhaps his most famous book is his first, Les Mauvais Anges (English: The Wicked Angels, also published in English under the title Two), published in 1955 at the age of 17. [But how was this possible if he was born in 1930?] It was immediately a source of controversy for its frank and erotic depiction of a homosexual relationship between two adolescent boys. Despite being banned twice over the course of thirty years, it was critically acclaimed. A translation into English by Richard Howard soon followed, and was also well received.
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After the reception of Les Mauvais Anges, Jourdan continued to write using pseudonyms. He moved often and lived a bohemian lifestyle, living in Savoie and Tyrol, Austria before becoming the adopted ward of French-American writer Julien Green, after which he lived primarily in Paris.
References
- MONTFORT, JULIA (3 July 2008). "Les blessures d'Eric Jourdan, actualité Culture". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- Roth-Bettoni, Didier (1 April 2015). "Hommage à l'écrivain Éric Jourdan (1930-2015)" (in French). Hétéroclite. Retrieved 1 June 2015.