the essential
This Saturday, at the Breithaupt bookstore, Ludovic Marino and Louis Michaud are signing their biography on Jean Cau, secretary to Jean-Paul Sartre and native of the Aude department.
This is long-term work carried out by Ludovic Marino and Louis Michaud. Since 2021, they have started writing a biography on Jean Cau, writer, journalist but also secretary to Jean-Paul Sartre. The one who was born in Aude, in Bram, was also awarded the prestigious Goncourt prize. So, for Louis Michaud, we must retrace his life. Why not a biography? But information on Audois is scant. “There were several difficulties. Firstly, we cannot easily find his books. The other problem is that the vast majority of people close to Jean Cau are deceased”. Finally, it was the meeting with Jean Cau’s nephew that was the trigger. “We also consulted the Gallimard archives. It was a valuable asset for writing our biography”he adds, recalling that their book is prefaced by the political journalist Franz-Olivier Giesbert. “When you write a biography, you don’t want to make any mistakes in the history of the person you’re writing about.”he explains.
A passion in his writings
Several things have marked Louis Michaud. Starting with Jean Cau’s passion for bullfighting. But also his writing style. “There is a passion in his writings. They are exciting. There is also his political life, moving from the left to the right and the time when he was Sartre’s secretary”he concluded.
Today, from 10 a.m., he will dedicate this book in Carcassonne to the bookseller Breithaupt.
