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Henry de Montherlant or Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant (20 April 1895 — September 21, 1972) was a French essayist, novelist and one of the leading French dramatists of the twentieth century.

Works

His early successes were works such as Les Célibataires (The Bachelors) in 1934, and the tetralogy Les Jeunes Filles (The Young Girls) (1936—1939), which sold millions of copies and was translated into 13 languages. At this time, Montherlant traveled regularly, mainly to Spain, Italy, and Algeria.

He wrote plays such as La Reine morte (1934), Pasiphaé (1936), Le Maître de Santiago (1947), Port-Royal (1954) and Le Cardinal d'Espagne (1960). He is particularly remembered as a playwright. In his plays, as well as in his novels, he frequently portrayed heroic characters displaying the moral standards he professed.

In Le Songe he described the courage and camaraderie of soldiers, based on his experiences in World War I. In the 1930s, he wrote numerous articles and books advocating intervention against Nazi Germany. During the German Occupation, his book L'Équinoxe de Septembre was banned by the German authorities. However, in Le Solstice de Juin, a book about the defeat of France in May and June 1940 (which he had covered as a reporter), he expressed his admiration for Wehrmacht and claimed that France had been justly defeated. This earned him the reputation of a collaborator, and got him in trouble after the Liberation. Like many scions of the old aristocracy, he had hated the Third Republic, especially as it had become in the aftermath of the Dreyfus Affair.

Although not openly gay, Montherlant treated homosexual themes in his work, including his play La Ville dont le prince est un enfant (1952) and novel Les Garçons (The Boys), published in 1969 but written four or five decades earlier. He maintained a private correspondence with Roger Peyrefitte...author of Les Amitiés particulières (Special Friendships, 1943), also about sexual relationships between boys at a Roman Catholic boarding school.

Montherlant is remembered for his aphorism "Happiness writes in white ink on a white page," often misquoted in the shorter form "Happiness writes white."

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Total Books: 106
Chaos and Night
2009 - Chaos and Night [New York Review Books Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781590173046
ISBN-10: 159017304X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Los bestiarios/ The Bestiaries
2007 - Los Bestiarios/ the Bestiaries [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788420630434
ISBN-10: 8420630438
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Don Juan Hijo De Nadie/ No One's Son
2007 - Don Juan Hijo De Nadie/ No One's Son [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788437608242
ISBN-10: 8437608244
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Garder tout en composant tout
2001 - Garder Tout En Composant Tout (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782070762262
ISBN-10: 2070762262
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Les bestiaires
1999 - Les Bestiaires (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9782070755448
ISBN-10: 2070755444
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L'Infini est du Cote de Malatesta
1999 - L'infini Est Du Cote De Malatesta (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780685369821
ISBN-10: 068536982X
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Les garons
1998 - Les Garons (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782070405442
ISBN-10: 2070405443
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Il y a encore des paradis
1998 - Il Y a Encore Des Paradis (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782869594197
ISBN-10: 2869594194
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The Bachelors
1996 - The Bachelors (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780704334847
ISBN-10: 0704334844
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LaMaree du Soir Carnets / 1968 1971
1993 - Lamaree Du Soir Carnets / 1968 1971 (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780685369838
ISBN-10: 0685369838
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Mors et Vita / Service Inutile
1993 - Mors Et VIta / Service Inutile (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780685369845
ISBN-10: 0685369846
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LaTragedie Sans Masque Notes de Theatre
1993 - Latragedie Sans Masque Notes De Theatre (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780685369906
ISBN-10: 0685369900
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LaMort Qui Fait le Trottoir  Don Juan
1991 - Lamort Qui Fait Le Trottoir Don Juan (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780828837248
ISBN-10: 0828837244
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Pasifae
1990 - Pasifae (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788837301309
ISBN-10: 8837301308
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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Celles Qu'on Prend dans ses Bras
1989 - Celles Qu'on Prend Dans Ses Bras (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780828896344
ISBN-10: 0828896348
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Sur les Femmes
1989 - Sur Les Femmes (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780685369883
ISBN-10: 0685369889
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Textes sous une Occupation / 1940 1944
1989 - Textes Sous Une Occupation / 1940 1944 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780685369890
ISBN-10: 0685369897
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Montherlant  Essais
1988 - Montherlant Essais (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9782070103799
ISBN-10: 207010379X
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Montherlant  Thtre
1987 - Montherlant Thtre (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9782070103744
ISBN-10: 2070103749
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Le Songe
1983 - Le Songe (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782070374588
ISBN-10: 2070374580
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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LeSonge
1982 - Lesonge (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780828837569
ISBN-10: 0828837562
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Master of Santiago [French Edition] (Paperback)
Portroyal [Blackwell's French Texts] (Paperback)
Essais [Bibliotheque de la Pleiade] (Other)
Romans Vol 1 [Bibliotheque de la Pleiade] (Other)
Romans Vol 2 [Bibliotheque de la Pleiade] (Other)
Theatre [Bibliotheque de la Pleiade] (Other)
Romans Et Oeuvres De Fiction Non Theatrales [Bibliotheque de la Pleiade - French Edition] (Hardcover)
Service Inutile [French Edition] (Paperback)
Essais Critiques [Les cahiers de la NRF - French Edition] (Paperback)
Thrasylle [French Edition] (Other)
Moustique Roman [French Edition] (Paperback)
Dessins [French Edition] (Hardcover)