Jean Sulivan | |
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| Born | Joseph Lemarchand 30 October 1913 |
| Died | 16 February 1980 (aged 66) Paris |
| Occupations | Priest Writer |
Jean Sulivan was the pseudonym of Joseph Lemarchand (born 30 October 1913 in Montauban (now Montauban-de-Bretagne), Ille-et-Vilaine; died 16 February 1980 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine), a French priest and writer.
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In early 2011, Jean Sulivan's archives were deposited by Édith Delos, the legatee of Jean Sulivan, at the Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine. Car je t'aime, éternité ("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 city's notorious Pigalle area. Told by a skeptical narrator who is himself searching for Strozzi's secret, the contemporary lyric masterpiece becomes a sustained meditation on love and freedom.
