Émile Ripert

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Émile Ripert
Emile Ripert & Louis Le Cardonnel.jpg
Émile Ripert on the left, Louis Le Cardonnel on the right
Born
Émile Louis Marie Adrien Ripert

19 November 1882
La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died23 April 1948 (1948-04-24) (aged 65)
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
EducationÉcole Normale Supérieure
University of Paris
OccupationAcademic, poet, novelist, playwright
Spouse(s)Adrienne Eugénie Gras
Parent(s)Joseph Casimir Ripert
Marie-Louise Beranger

Émile Ripert (1882–1948) was a French academic, poet, novelist and playwright. He served as the inaugural Chair of Provençal Language and Literature at Aix-Marseille University. He was the author of three novels, four poetry collections, three plays and five non-fiction books about Provençal culture.

Early life[]

Émile Ripert was born on 19 November 1882 in La Ciotat near Marseille in Provence.[1][2] His father was Joseph Casimir Ripert and his mother, Marie-Louise Beranger.[1] His paternal grandfather came from Cadenet in Vaucluse.[1]

Ripert graduated from the École Normale Supérieure.[1] He completed a PhD from the University of Paris.[1]

Career[]

Ripert began his career as a teacher in Toulon, followed by Marseille.[1] He was appointed as the first-ever Chair of Provençal Language and Literature at Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence in 1920.[1]

Meanwhile, Ripert published poetry collections as early as 1908.[1] He published a travel narrative in 1925, and several plays from 1933 onward.[1] He also published some novels.[1]

Ripert was inducted into the Académie de Marseille in 1916, replacing Frédéric Mistral.[3] At Mistral's funeral in 1914, Ripert had praised Giuseppe Bottai, a Fascist politician.[4] Moreover, Ripert was part of an official delegation to Fascist Italy alongside Jean Rivain, Philippe de Zara, Rémy Roux and Marius Jouveau.[4]

Personal life and death[]

Ripert married Adrienne Eugénie Gras on 25 April 1908.[1] His father-in-law, Dr Evariste Gras, served as the mayor of La Ciotat.[1]

Ripert died on 23 April 1948 in Marseille.[1][2]

Works[]

Poetry[]

  • Ripert, Emile (1908). Le Golfe d'amour. Paris: Edition du Feu. OCLC 464984759.
  • Ripert, Emile (1912). La terre des lauriers. Paris: Grasset. OCLC 860307360.
  • Ripert, Emile (1926). Le poème d'Assise. Paris: Spès. OCLC 370685152.
  • Ripert, Emile (1929). Le Train bleu. Paris: Flammarion. OCLC 918026088.

Novels[]

  • Ripert, Emile (1921). L'or des ruines. Paris: La Renaissance du livre. OCLC 10768856.
  • Ripert, Emile (1925). Le double sacrifice. Paris: Editions de la France vraie. OCLC 300096518.
  • Ripert, Emile (1930). Mireille des amours. Paris: Editions Spes. OCLC 2792393.

Plays[]

  • Normand, Jacques; Ripert, Emile (1934). Le Roi René. Aix-en-Provence: Editions du Feu. OCLC 313280664.
  • Mignon, Maurice; Ripert, Emile (1937). Laure et Pétrarque. Paris: Éditions Billaudot. OCLC 7620352.
  • Picard, Gaston; Ripert, Emile (1939). La Marseillaise. Paris: Les Éditions Denoël. OCLC 19000330.

Non-fiction[]

  • Ripert, Emile (1918). La Renaissance provençale : (1800-1860). Paris: E. Champion. OCLC 6574586.
  • Ripert, Emile (1918). La Versification de Frédéric Mistral. Paris: Champion. OCLC 2334469.
  • Ripert, Emile (1924). Le Félibrige. Paris: A. Colin. OCLC 2584821.
  • Ripert, Emile (1929). La Provence: Choix de textes précédés d'une étude. Paris: H. Laurens. OCLC 1972530.
  • Ripert, Emile (1931). La Côte vermeille et le Languedoc méditerranéen. Grenoble: B. Arthaud. OCLC 489831877.
  • Ripert, Emile (1937). Louis Le Cardonnel. Ses derniers moments. Ses obsèques. Avignon-Valence. Avignon: Maison Aubanel père. OCLC 9652132.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Emile RIPERT". Le Musée de l' Association des Amis du Vieux La Ciotat. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Émile Ripert (1882-1948)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  3. ^ Chélini, Jean; Reynaud, Félix; Villard, Madeleine (2006). Dictionnaire du marseillais. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud. p. 292. ISBN 9782744902543. OCLC 52159149.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Poupault, Christophe (2009). "Les voyages d'hommes de lettres en Italie fasciste". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire (in French). 4 (104): 67–79. doi:10.3917/ving.104.0067.
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