Jean Sulivan

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.

Works Late 1950s 1958: Le Voyage intérieur, Plon 1959: L'insurrection du prince 1959: Provocation ou la faiblesse de Dieu

1960s 1960: Le bonheur des rebelles, Plon 1960: Le Prince et le mal, Paris, Spes 1961: Ligne de crête Plon 1962: Paradoxe et scandale, Plon 1962: Du côté de l'ombre, Éditions Gallimard 1964: Mais il y a la mer, Gallimard 1965: Le plus petit abîme, Gallimard 1966: Devance tout adieu, Gallimard, Prix des écrivains de l'Ouest (1988) 1966: Car je t'aime, ô Éternité !, Gallimard 1967: L'Obsession de Delphes, Gallimard 1968: Bonheur des rebelles, Gallimard 1968: Consolation de la Nuit, Gallimard 1968: Dieu au-delà de Dieu, Gallimard, series "Les Essais" 1969: Les Mots à la gorge, Gallimard 1969: Miroir brisé, Gallimard

1970s 1970: D'Amour et de mort à Mogador, Gallimard 1971: Petite littérature individuelle followed by Logique de l'écrivain chrétien, Gallimard, series "Voies ouvertes" directed by Jean Sulivan 1974: Joie errante, Gallimard 1975: Je veux battre le tambour, Gallimard 1976: Matinales I : Itinéraire spirituel, Gallimard, Prix Bretagne (1976) Morning Light: The Spiritual Journal of Jean Sulivan 1977: Matinales II : La Traversée des illusions, Gallimard, Passez les passants, postface to , Sulivan ou la parole libératrice, Gallimard. 1979: "La Dévotion moderne", introduction to L'imitation de Jésus-Christ, nouvelle traduction du Latin par Michel Billon, Desclée de Brouwer, series "Connivence" 1978: L'instant l'éternité, conversations with Bernard Feillet, Éditions du Centurion 1979: Quelque temps de la vie de Jude et Cie, Stock

1980s and later 1980: L'Exode, 1980:Parole du passant, Le Centurion-Panorama Aujourd'hui, Paris ___________ 1981: L'Écart et l'alliance, Gallimard 1986: Bloc-notes, preface by Jacques de Bourbon Busset, éditions SOS du Secours catholique 1994:Une lumière noire, about Hubert Beuve-Méry, Paris, éditions Arléa

Archives 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.

Bibliography and documents Anthologies 1996: Pages, édition de Marie Botturi, Edith Delos, Marguerite Genzbittel, Gallimard 2006: Jean Sulivan. Libre sous le regard de Dieu, presentation by Patrick Gormally and Mary Ann Mannion, Fides, Quebec 2003: L'incessante marche. Extraits de Jean Sulivan, selection by Joseph and Maryvonne Thomas, Mine de Rien, Néant-sur-Ivel 2010: Jean Sulivan Abécédaire, edition established and presented by Charles Austin, Gallimard