Jean-Louis Bory

Known for

Writing

Born

June 25, 1919

Birthplace

Méréville, Essonne, France

Died

June 11, 1979 (aged 59)

Biography

Jean-Louis Bory (25 June 1919 – 11/12 June 1979) was a French writer, journalist, and film critic.

Jean-Louis Bory was born on 25 June 1919 in Méréville, Essonne.

The son of a pharmacist and a teacher, he came from a family of teachers. With an atheist father and a non-practicing mother, religion played a minor role in his development. It was rather the Popular Front that formed his character. A brilliant student at Étampes, he entered the Lycée Henri-IV.

Just when he was ready to enter the École Normale Supérieure in 1939, he was called up for military service. Returning to the Latin Quarter in October 1942, he passed his agrégation des lettres examinations in July 1945. Two months later...