Claude Mourthé (6 March 1932 – 13 March 2024) was a French writer, translator and film director.[1]

Claude Mourthé
Born(1932-03-06)6 March 1932
Died13 March 2024(2024-03-13) (aged 92)
Agen, France
NationalityFrench
EducationUniversity of Toulouse
Occupation(s)Writer
Film director

Biography

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Born in Cazères on 6 March 1932, Mourthé earned a degree in modern literature from the University of Toulouse. He worked as a radio director from 1959 to 1993 and as a television director for TF1 from 1974 to 1989.[2][3] He was also a producer for France Culture. He was a critic for Le Magazine Littéraire and Le Figaro Magazine.

Mourthé was the author of a dozen books, including Soudain l'éternité, which won him the Prix Chateaubriand et du rayonnement français.[4] He received the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 1999 for his collection Dit plus bas.

Claude Mourthé died in Agen on 13 March 2024, at the age of 92.[5]

Works

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Novels

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  • La Caméra (1970)
  • Amour noir (1971)
  • Lettre à un mort (1971)
  • L'enlèvement (1972)
  • Un pas dans la forêt (1976)
  • Le Temps des fugues (1980)
  • L'Amour parfait (1986)
  • Le printemps fou (1992)
  • Une mort de théâtre (1994)
  • Paysage changeant (1996)
  • La Perspective amoureuse (1996)
  • Un état de mélancolie (1997)
  • Soudain, l'éternité (1998)

Poetry

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  • Nuit demeure (1994)
  • Dit plus bas (1999)
  • Voici l'homme (2000)
  • Engrammes (2002)
  • Opus incertain (2018)

Essays

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  • Giono l'Italien (1995)
  • Shakespeare (2006)
  • Shakespeare, scènes célèbres (2008)
  • Shakespeare, Comme il vous plaira (2016)

Decorations

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References

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  1. ^ "Mourthé, Claude (1932-2024)". Bibliothèque national de France (in French).
  2. ^ Mourthé, Claude (17 April 2016). ""La Tragédie de Macbeth" de Shakespeare, adaptation de Claude Mourthé". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ "En 1979, Claude Mourthé tournait ici avec Patrick Bruel". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Auvillar. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ "C. Mourthé, Shakespeare (Folio-Biographies)". Fabula (in French).
  5. ^ "Carnet noir : l'hommage gersois au journaliste et écrivain Claude Mourthé". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 16 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.