Jean Mistler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Mistler

French politician

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1897

Place of Birth: Sorèze, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1988

Profession: writer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jean Mistler

  • Jean Mistler (1 September 1897 – 11 November 1988) was a French writer born in Sorèze, Tarn.
  • In 1966 he was elected to the AcadĂ©mie française. Mistler, whose father's family had left Alsace in 1871, did his schooling in Sorèze, before preparing for the entrance examination of the Ecole Nationale SupĂ©rieure at the LycĂ©e Henri IV, where he read philosophy under Alain.
  • Mistler was drafted into the artillery in 1915 and emerged from World War I a staunch pacifist.
  • He was accepted at the École normale in 1919 and came in first in the national AggrĂ©gation exam in German the following year. Instead of becoming a teacher in France, Mistler applied for a position abroad through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • He was sent to the French legation in Hungary, becoming a cultural attachĂ©, and teaching at the university of Budapest.
  • In 1925 he was accepted into the Quai d'Orsay (Service des Oeuvres), where he succeeded Paul Morand. He started a political career in 1928 when he was elected deputĂ© of Aude under the radical socialist label.
  • He received the appointment of under-secretary in charge of the Arts and served as a minister several times, starting in 1932.
  • In 1934, he joined the government of Albert Sarraut, as Minister overseeing the postal service and telecommunications.
  • A music lover, he founded the Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française (the ancestor of today's Orchestre National de France).
  • From 1936, he chaired the Foreign Affairs Commission. In parallel with his political activities, Mistler had begun a career as a writer, with the publication of Châteaux en Bavière (1925) and Ethelka (1929). On 10 July 1940, in his role as the chair of the voting commission, Mistler introduced before the Parliament the bill that conferred the full powers to Marshal Philippe PĂ©tain (with the ultimate objective of preparing a new constitution).
  • This led critics to accuse him, after the war, of having been the "sinker of the Republic." After working for the Éditions du Rocher, Mistler became first the general secretary then the president of the Maison du Livre Français (affiliated with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs).
  • Finally, from 1964 to 1969, he became director of the general literature department at Librairie Hachette. During these years, Mistler also regularly penned literary and musical criticism for L'Aurore. On 2 June 1966 Mistler was elected to the AcadĂ©mie française, replacing Robert d'Harcourt. Mistler died on 11 November 1988 in Paris and was buried in the vault of the d'Auriol family, in Sorèze.

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