Jean-Francois Revel was born in 1924 in Marseilles. He was a French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Académie française since June 1998. He was born Jean-François Ricard, but adopted his pseudonym Revel as his legal surname in 1958 after the success of his first essay, Pourquoi des philosophes. He studied in […]
Selon un communiqué de presse du 25 octobre 2007 de la Bibliothèque Nationale Française, Madame Claude Sarraute vient de donner tous les manuscrits de son mari M. Revel à la BnF. Selon Bruno Racine, président de cette institution: « C’est un don très important pour notre institution. […] Jean-François Revel est l’un des grands intellectuels […]
Cunning like a heldgehog. In memory of Jean-François Revel, man of letters, man of integrity, friend Par Simon Leys The Australian Literary Review, 1 August 2007 G K. CHESTERTON, whose formidable mind drew inspiration from a vast culture – literary, political, poetical, historical and philosophical – once received the naive praise of a lady: “Oh, […]