Aux lieux d’une œuvre : Gérald Hervé (1928-1998)

28 octobre 2004 – 25 mars 2005

Voyageur du monde, voyageur des lettres...
Gérald Hervé (1928-1998) a vu son destin se briser un jour de mai 1955, alors que, âgé de vingt-sept ans, commençait sa carrière d'officier de marine. La littérature, dont il nourrit la passion depuis son plus jeune âge, lui ouvre les portes de la grande création. Romancier, essayiste, philosophe, Gérald Hervé a tracé sa voie à l'écart des chemins battus de la renommée.

Gérald Hervé’s life and works

Octobre 28th, 2004 – March 25th, 2005

Gérald Hervé was born in Marseille in 1928. He studied law and political science in Paris, was awarded a post in the Navy administration and was initially drafted near to Saigon in September 1954. In May 1955, the victim of anti-gay purges, he was dismissed from the Navy. The background of his thinking is the result of the May 1955 event. From humanist and liberal beginnings, this “inner exile” conquered a singular independence of thought in relation to contemporary trends and he pursued a broad meditation on the sources of oppression and the essence of freedom.

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