Henry Bauchau

Henry Bauchau (22 January 1913 – 21 September 2012) was a Belgian political activist and psychoanalyst who is best known as an author of poetry, novels, and plays in French language.

Biography Early life and political activities Henry Bauchau was born in Mechelen, Belgium on 22 January 1913 in a French-speaking family of the Catholic bourgeoisie. He was also involved in the (ACJB). Although ideologically opposed to Nazism, Bauchau was inspired by the communitarian and youth movements established over the same period in Nazi Germany.

As a reserve officer, Bauchau was called at the outbreak of World War II and served in the Belgian Army during the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940. He was "profoundly humiliated" by the rapid defeat and embraced the call from King Leopold III to assist in national reconstruction under the German occupation.

After 1990, Bauchau's literary work received increasing recognition. He was admitted to the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique in 1991 and won the Prix Victor-Rossel for Antigone (1997).

Awards 1990 Royal Academy of Belgian Literature 2002 International Latin Union prize of Romance Language Literatures

Works Géologie (1958; "Geology"), 1958 Gengis Khan, Mermod, 1960 (reprint Actes sud, 1989) La Machination (1969; "The Plot"), (play) Œdipe sur la route, Actes Sud, 1990,

La Chine intérieure (1974; "Inner China") (poems) Essai sur la vie de Mao Tsé-toung, Flammarion, 1982, Poésie: 1950-1984, Actes Sud, 1986 Le régiment noir, Éperonniers, 1987 Diotime et les lions: récit, Actes Sud, 1991, L'écriture et la circonstance, Presses universitaires de Louvain, UCL, 1992 Antigone: roman, Actes Sud, 1997, La déchirure (English: The Tear), Editions Labor, 1998, Journal d'Antigone: 1989-1997, Actes Sud, 1999 L'enfant bleu: roman, Actes sud, 2004, Le boulevard périphérique: roman, Actes sud, 2008, Déluge, Actes sud, 2010,