Jean Guéhenno

Japanese: ゲーノ - げーの(英語表記)Jean Guéhenno
Jean Guéhenno

French author. Born into a poor shoemaker's family, he studied hard to complete his studies and devoted himself to training as a writer. After World War I, he continued to work as a teacher while writing many works, and from 1929 to 1936 he served as editor-in-chief of the magazine Europe , which was published with the support of Romain Rolland. In 1942 during World War II, he helped to establish the National Committee of Writers, an organization of the anti-German resistance, and his range of activities was wide. One of his representative works is Journal d'un homme de quarante ans (Diary of a Forty Man) (1934), written from the perspective of class struggle. He consistently advocated romantic social reformism, which values ​​emotion over theory, and humanitarian socialism. His other works include Journal d'une révolution (Journal of a Revolution) (1939), a record of his time at the Popular Front, and Journal des années noires (Diary of the Dark Ages) (1947), a record of his time at the Resistance. He has been a member of the Academie Française since 1962.

[Miyoshi Inada]

"Midnight Diary" edited and translated by Uchiyama Satoshi (1951, Sanichi Shobo)" ▽ "Testimony of a Revolution - Living on the Popular Front" translated by Yamaguchi Toshiaki (1970, Futami Shobo)""Biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" translated by Miyagaya Tokuzou and Kawai Kiyotaka (included in The Complete Works of Rousseau, Supplementary Volume 1, 1981, Hakusuisha)""The Great Conscience" and "Correspondence between Jean Guehnau and Romain Rolland" translated by Yamaguchi Mitsuo (included in The Complete Works of Romain Rolland, 41, Letter 9, 1982, Misuzu Shobo)"

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Japanese:

フランスの作家。貧しい靴屋の子として生まれ、苦学しながら学業を修得し、作家修業に励んだ。第一次世界大戦後、教員生活を続けながら多くの作品を書き、また1929年から36年まで、ロマン・ロランの援助のもとに刊行された雑誌『ウーロップ』Europeの編集長を務めたりした。第二次世界大戦中の42年、対独レジスタンスの組織「作家全国委員会」の創設に協力するなど、その活動の範囲は広い。代表作に「階級闘争」の観点から書かれた『四十男の日記』Journal d'un homme de quarante ans(1934)がある。理論よりも心情を重んずるロマンチックな社会改良主義、人道主義的社会主義の立場を貫く。ほかに人民戦線時代の記録『ある革命の日誌』Journal d'une révolution(1939。邦訳『ある革命の証言』)、レジスタンス期の記録『暗黒時代の日記』Journal des années noires(1947)など。1962年よりアカデミー・フランセーズ会員。

[稲田三吉]

『内山敏編訳『深夜の日記』(1951・三一書房)』『山口俊章訳『ある革命の証言――人民戦線を生きて』(1970・二見書房)』『宮ヶ谷徳三・川合清隆訳『ジャン=ジャック・ルソー伝』(『ルソー全集 別巻1』所収・1981・白水社)』『山口三夫訳『偉大な良心』『ジャン・ゲーノ‐ロマン・ロラン往復書簡』(『ロマン・ロラン全集41 書簡9』所収・1982・みすず書房)』

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