Joseph Delteil
How Joseph appears in its pages: The French novelist and poet celebrated by the book’s international group of contributors.
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Joseph Delteil
French novelist and poet whose unruly Jeanne d’Arc broke with Surrealist orthodoxy and whose southern retreat drew Henry Miller’s admiration.
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- 1894–1978
- 1894
- 1978
- French
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About Joseph Delteil
Joseph Delteil entered the Paris avant-garde in the early 1920s and briefly worked near the Surrealists. His unconventional Jeanne d’Arc won the Prix Femina in 1925 but sharpened his break with André Breton and the movement’s discipline.
After illness he withdrew from Paris and lived at the Tuilerie de Massane near Montpellier, cultivating the writerly independence Henry Miller admired. Joseph Delteil: Essays in Tribute gathers Miller among the contributors honoring him.
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Miller admired and knew the French writer Joseph Delteil and contributed essays to the tribute volume Joseph Delteil: Essays in Tribute.
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Henry Miller
Miller admired and knew the French writer Joseph Delteil and contributed essays to the tribute volume Joseph Delteil: Essays in Tribute.
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1Joseph Delteil: Essays in Tribute — digitized catalogue record
Official recordMontpellier Méditerranée Métropole MémonumUsed forOfficial record used to verify names, dates, institutional details, or other factual information on this page.
2Joseph Delteil: Essays in Tribute — printed-book record
Official recordThe Morgan Library & MuseumUsed 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 Joseph Delteil.
4Henry Miller: A Life
BiographyW. W. Norton, 1991Used forBiographical evidence used to verify chronology, relationships, and historical context connected to Joseph Delteil.
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