Robert Antelme
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| + | "It was left to literature, such as Primo Levi's ''[[If This Is a Man]]'' (1947) or Robert Antelme's ''[[The Human Race]]'' (1947) to describe what poetry, according to Theodor Adorno, [[No poetry after Auschwitz |could not describe]]."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| - | Theodor Adorno went as far as ceasing to work as a composer, declaring: "[[writing any more poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric]]" (''Nach Auschwitz noch ein Gedicht zu schreiben ist barbarisch''). Thus, Auschwitz became the [[Metonymy|metonymic]] name for the Holocaust and the Nazi barbarity. Although Adorno later retracted this statement, declaring that "Perennial suffering has as much right to expression as the tortured have to scream...", the concepts of civilization and of [[progress (philosophy)|progress]] themselves were severely called into question, and in a much greater manner than had happened due to World War I's massive killings. Germany, which was considered one of the most enlightened European countries, radiant with literature and philosophy ([[Goethe]], [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]], etc.), art ([[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], [[Bauhaus]], etc.), and which had quickly followed in Great Britain's and France's steps during the competition induced during the [[New Imperialism]] period (starting in 1860s), had made itself guilty of one of the biggest crimes against humanity ever committed. Thus, the juridical concept of [[crimes against humanity]] was created to qualify what could not be qualified. It was left to literature, such as [[Primo Levi]]'s ''[[If This Is a Man]]'' (1947) or [[Robert Antelme]]'s ''[[The Human Race]]'' (1947) to describe what poetry, according to Adorno, could not describe. | + | '''Robert Antelme''' (5 January 1917, [[Sartène]], [[Corse-du-Sud]] – 26 October 1990) was a [[French writer]]. During the [[Second World War]] he was involved in the [[French Resistance]] and deported. He wrote ''[[L'Espèce humaine]]'' (1947) depicting his experiences in the camps. |
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| + | In 1939 he married [[Marguerite Duras]]. Their child died at birth in 1942. In the same year, Duras met [[Dionys Mascolo]], who became her lover. | ||
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| + | Antelme was arrested and deported on 1 July 1944. He was at [[Buchenwald]], then [[Bad Gandersheim|Gandersheim]]. After the end of the war [[François Mitterrand]] found Antelme in a terrible state while visiting the [[Dachau concentration camp]] and organised his return to Paris; Mitterrand later reported that he had almost not heard Antelme's soft-voiced call to him. Marguerite Duras looked after Antelme and wrote ''[[La Douleur]]'' about his return. She divorced him soon after he regained his health, but they remained friends. | ||
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Robert Antelme (5 January 1917, Sartène, Corse-du-Sud – 26 October 1990) was a French writer. During the Second World War he was involved in the French Resistance and deported. He wrote L'Espèce humaine (1947) depicting his experiences in the camps.
In 1939 he married Marguerite Duras. Their child died at birth in 1942. In the same year, Duras met Dionys Mascolo, who became her lover.
Antelme was arrested and deported on 1 July 1944. He was at Buchenwald, then Gandersheim. After the end of the war François Mitterrand found Antelme in a terrible state while visiting the Dachau concentration camp and organised his return to Paris; Mitterrand later reported that he had almost not heard Antelme's soft-voiced call to him. Marguerite Duras looked after Antelme and wrote La Douleur about his return. She divorced him soon after he regained his health, but they remained friends.
