Christopher Gérard

Christopher Gérard
Christopher Gérard in 2012
Born (1962-07-07) 7 July 1962
New York City
Nationality Belgian
Occupation writer and critic

Christopher Gérard (born 7 July 1962) is a Belgian writer and critic.

Biography

Gérard was born to an Irish mother and a Belgian father. At age twelve, he was the youngest member of a team of archeologists who searched a Merovingian necropolis in the Ardennes.[1]

In 1993, he launched the journal Antaios, meant as a continuation of the journal of the same name created by Mircea Eliade and Ernst Jünger in 1959. He studied classical philology at the Université libre de Bruxelles and wrote a French translation of Emperor Julian's Against the Galilaeans, published in 1995.[2]

During a visit to a Hanuman temple in Delhi, he became convinced that it is possible for contemporary people to practice paganism. He lays out his approach to faith and ethics in the book Parcours païen (2000). His religious views are also reflected in multiple novels he has written since that time.[2]

He was awarded the Prix Félix Denayer from the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique in 2009 for the book Aux Armes de Bruxelles.[3]

Bibliography

  • Contre les Galiléens, translation and commentary, Ousia, 1995.
  • Parcours païen, non-fiction, L’Âge d’Homme, 2000.
  • Le Songe d’Empédocle, novel, L’Âge d’Homme, 2003. Prix E. Martin de l'A.E.B.
  • Maugis, novel, L’Âge d’Homme, 2005.
  • La Source pérenne, non-fiction, L'Âge d'Homme, 2007.
  • Aux Armes de Bruxelles, hybrid, L'Âge d'Homme, 2009. Prix Félix Denayer.
  • Porte Louise, novel, L’Âge d’Homme, 2010.
  • "Voluptueux et stoïque. La face païenne de Montherlant", Montherlant aujourd'hui, vu par 15 écrivains et hommes de théâtre, non-fiction, Editions de Paris, 2012.
  • Vogelsang ou la mélancolie du vampire, novel, L’Âge d’Homme, 2012. Prix Indications.
  • Quolibets. Journal de lectures, non-fiction, L’Âge d’Homme, 2013.
  • Osbert & autres historiettes, short stories, L’Âge d’Homme, 2014.
  • Le Prince d'Aquitaine, novel, Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Jacques Franck. 7 February 2001. L'étrange parcours d'un païen. La Libre Belgique.
  2. 1 2 Jacques Franck. 13 April 2007. Le rêve d'un retour des dieux. La Libre Belgique.
  3. ↑ Prix Félix Denayer. Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique.
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