Monthly Archives: July 2024

Queer Lives: Jean-Claude Berchet, 1939-2024 

Posted on July 29, 2024 by user

A few days ago in Le Monde‘s obituary pages: Born in Nantua (Jura) in 1939, a former student of the École Normale Supérieure, Jean-Claude Berchet was the editor of the Mémoires d’outre-tombe in the memorable Classiques Garnier collection with its highly recognizable yellow … Continue reading →

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Tonio Kröger 

Posted on July 22, 2024 by user

“When, in 1931, Thomas Mann received a newspaper questionnaire asking about his “first love,” he replied, in essence, “Read Tonio Kröger.”” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker, Jan 24 2022) Tonio Kröger is a novella written in 1901 and published in 1903, shortly after … Continue reading →

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Queer Lives: Bruce Bastian, 1948-2024 

Posted on July 10, 2024 by user

Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76. (New York Times) Bruce Bastian was born into a Mormon family in Idaho. After training as a musician, he studied computer science and then founded a company in partnership with one … Continue reading →

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