Jean Cau (8 July 1925, in Bram, Aude â 18 June 1993) was a French writer and journalist.
Born in Bram, Aude, he was secretary to Jean-Paul Sartre, after which he was a journalist and reporter for L'Express, Figaro, and Paris Match. In 1961, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt for his novel The Mercy of God. Cau also wrote several works about bullfighting and Spain.
In addition to novels and journalism, he wrote two plays as well as co-writing the screenplay for the successful 1970 French gangster film Borsalino starring Alain Delon. He collaborated on the screenplays or television scripts for several other productions.
From the 1970s onwards, he grew close to GRECE and his writings became infused with a sun-worshipping neopaganism. Jacques Marlaud dedicated an entire chapter to Cau in his study on contemporary literary and philosophical paganism.
The biography Jean Cau, l'indocile by Ludovic Marino and Louis Michaud was published in 2024.
Works
- Le Fort intérieur, Gallimard, 1948
- Maria-nègre, Gallimard, 1948
- Le coup de barre, Gallimard, 1950
- Le tour d'un monde, Gallimard, 1952
- Les Paroissiens, Gallimard, 1958
- Mon village, Gallimard, 1958
- Vie et mort d'un toro brave, Gallimard, 1961
- The Mercy of God (La pitié de Dieu), Gallimard, 1961 , (Prix Goncourt)
- Les Parachutistes - Le maître du monde, Gallimard, 1963
- Le Meurtre d'un enfant, Gallimard, 1965
- Lettre ouverte aux têtes de chiens occidentaux, Albin Michel, 1967
- "Un testament de Staline", Grasset, 1967
- "Les yeux crevés", Gallimard, 1968 (pièce de théâtre)
- Le pape est mort, La Table Ronde, 1968
- Le spectre de l'amour, Gallimard, 1968
- L'agonie de la vieille, La Table Ronde, 1969
- Tropicanas, de la dictature et de la revolution sous les tropiques, Gallimard, 1970
- Les Entrailles du taureau, Gallimard, 1971
- Le temps des esclaves, La Table Ronde, 1971
- Les entrailles du taureau, Gallimard, 1971
- Ma misogynie, Julliard, 1972
- Les écuries de l'occident - traité de morale, La Table Ronde, 1973
- La grande prostituée - traité de morale II, La Table Ronde, 1974
- Les Enfants, Gallimard, 1975
- Pourquoi la France, La Table Ronde, 1975
- Lettre ouverte ÃÂ tout le monde, Albin Michel, 1976
- Otages, Gallimard, 1976
- Une nuit àSaint-Germain des Près, Julliard, 1977
- Discours de la décadence, Copernic, 1978
- Une Passion Pour Che Guevara, Julliard, 1979
- Nouvelles du paradis, Gallimard, 1980
- La Conquête de Zanzibar, Gallimard, 1980
- Le grand soleil, Julliard, 1981
- La barbe et la rose, La Table Ronde, 1982
- Une rose ÃÂ la mer, La Table Ronde, 1983
- Proust, le chat et moi, La Table Ronde, 1984
- Croquis de mémoire, Julliard, 1985 , ,
- Mon lieutenant, Julliard, 1985
- Sévillanes, Julliard, 1987
- Les culottes courtes, Le Pré-aux-Clercs, 1988 ,
- La grande maison, Le Pré-aux-Clercs, 1988
- Le choc de 1940, Fixot, 1990
- Les oreilles et la queue, Gallimard, 1990
- Le roman de Carmen, Editions de Fallois, 1990
- La rumeur de Mazamet, Le Pré aux Clers, 1991
- L'ivresse des intellectuels : Pastis, Whisky et Marxisme, Plon, 1992
- L'innocent, Flammarion, 1992
- Nimeno II, torero de France, Marval, 1992
- La folie corrida, Gallimard, 1992
- Au fil du lait, Educagri, 1993
- Contre-attaques : éloge incongrue du lourd, Labyrinthe, 1993
- L'orgueil des mots, Filipacchi, 1995 (posthumous)
- Fernando Botero, la corrida, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2001 (posthumous)
- Monsieur de Quichotte, Le Rocher, 2005 (posthumous or re-edited ?)
References