Jean Sulivan | |
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Born | Joseph Lemarchand 30 October 1913 |
Died | 16 February 1980 66) Paris | (aged
Occupation(s) | Priest Writer |
Jean Sulivan, pseudonym of Joseph Lemarchand, was a French priest and writer (born 30 October 1913 in Montauban (now Montauban-de-Bretagne), in Ille-et-Vilaine; died 16 February 1980 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine)).
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At the beginning of 2011, Jean Sulivan's archives were deposited by Édith Delos, legatee of Jean Sulivan, at the Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine. Eternity, My Beloved tells the story of a rebel priest, Jerome Strozzi, who falls between the cracks of both church and state during the German occupation of Paris during World War II. Befriending prostitutes, petty thieves, and con-men, he becomes the unofficial pastor of the notorious Pigalle district. Told by a skeptical narrator who is himself searching for Strozzi's secret, this contemporary lyric masterpiece becomes a sustained meditation on love and freedom