Flash Back
How Christian appears in its pages: French publisher and interviewer who records Miller’s late recollections at Pacific Palisades.
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Christian de Bartillat
French publisher and writer whose Pacific Palisades conversations with Henry Miller became the 1976 book Flash Back.
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- 1930–2012
- 1930
- 2012
- French
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About Christian de Bartillat
Christian de Bartillat was a French publisher, essayist and novelist who led Éditions Stock and later founded publishing ventures under his own name and at Presses du Village.
At Henry Miller’s Pacific Palisades home, de Bartillat conducted the French-language conversations published in 1976 as Flash Back, prompting the aging writer to move through Brooklyn, Paris, Big Sur and the practical life of art.
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Christian de Bartillat conducted the Pacific Palisades conversations with Miller published in French as Flash Back.
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Christian de Bartillat conducted the Pacific Palisades conversations with Miller published in French as Flash Back.
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1Fonds Christian de Bartillat — biographical and archival inventory
ArchiveArchives départementales de Seine-et-MarneUsed forArchival evidence used to document the historical record connected to Christian de Bartillat.
2Flash Back — edition record
Official recordOpen LibraryUsed forOfficial record used to verify names, dates, institutional details, or other factual information on this page.
3The Happiest Man Alive: A Biography of Henry Miller
BiographySimon & Schuster, 1991Used forBiographical evidence used to verify chronology, relationships, and historical context connected to Christian de Bartillat.
4Henry Miller: A Life
BiographyW. W. Norton, 1991Used forBiographical evidence used to verify chronology, relationships, and historical context connected to Christian de Bartillat.
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