François-Régis Bastide (1 July 1926; Biarritz â€" 16 April 1996;
Paris) was a French writer, diplomat, politician, and radio
host.[1][2][3]Bastide was born in Biarritz in the French Basque
Country on 1 July 1926 and attended school in Bayonne.[1] In October
1944 he joined the 2nd Armored Division led by General Leclerc and
participated in the last phase of the WWII Western Front
operations.[1]Bastide published his first book, the novel Lettre de
Bavière, in 1947.[3] He continued to publish books regularly and won
the Grand Prix de la Critique for his 1953 biographical essay
Saint-Simon par lui même about Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
and the Prix Femina for his 1956 novel Les Adieux.[1][2] In 1953
Bastide began a parallel career as a book editor working for the
Éditions du Seuil where he worked for close to thirty years.[2]
Bastide also wrote for the theatre (Siegfried 78) and for television
(most notably Le Troisième concerto which won the grand prix de la
Télévision in 1963 and L'Éducation sentimentale, a mini-series
adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education).[4]In
1981 Bastide received the Pierre de Régnier Prize of the Académie
française for his lifetime achievements.[1][5]
Paris) was a French writer, diplomat, politician, and radio
host.[1][2][3]Bastide was born in Biarritz in the French Basque
Country on 1 July 1926 and attended school in Bayonne.[1] In October
1944 he joined the 2nd Armored Division led by General Leclerc and
participated in the last phase of the WWII Western Front
operations.[1]Bastide published his first book, the novel Lettre de
Bavière, in 1947.[3] He continued to publish books regularly and won
the Grand Prix de la Critique for his 1953 biographical essay
Saint-Simon par lui même about Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
and the Prix Femina for his 1956 novel Les Adieux.[1][2] In 1953
Bastide began a parallel career as a book editor working for the
Éditions du Seuil where he worked for close to thirty years.[2]
Bastide also wrote for the theatre (Siegfried 78) and for television
(most notably Le Troisième concerto which won the grand prix de la
Télévision in 1963 and L'Éducation sentimentale, a mini-series
adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education).[4]In
1981 Bastide received the Pierre de Régnier Prize of the Académie
française for his lifetime achievements.[1][5]
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