The novel had a limited distribution but was well received by André Breton and others.Īs a result of the Soviet-German pact, he left the Communist Party and vowed to keep away from politics. At this point he adopted the pseudonym Julien Gracq (Julien from Julien Sorel in Stendhal’s Le Rouge et le Noir and Gracq from the Grachi ( Gracques in French)). It was initially rejectd but then José Corti, who had published some of the surrealists, agreed to publish it if Gracq bore some of the cost. However, after being refused entry into the Soviet Union, he decided to write a novel, Au château d’Argol. He published his first article (on geography) in 1934.Īfter graduation he became a teacher and also joined the Communist Party. He studied geography and history and graduated in both. He then went to the École normale supérieure, one of the top French universities, where he discovered surrealism. In Paris, he discovered modern art and literature, cinema and Wagner’s operas. He was sent to boarding school in Nantes, which he hated but, nevertheless, was a brilliant student.
He read a lot as a child and was particularly influenced by Jules Verne. His family had lived there for centuries. Julien Gracq was born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil in 1910.
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