Jules Huret

Jules Huret ( born April 8, 1863 in Boulogne -sur -Mer, † February 14, 1915 in Paris) was a French journalist who was known primarily for his interviews with writers.

In a fisherman's family born, Huret began at the age of 15 years to work in the mayor of Boulogne- sur -Mer office to help his widowed mother. In 1881 he founded a small literary magazine. In 1885 he went to Paris and became a textbook editor in the southern area of the Rive Gauche. In 1886 he worked for half a year for L' Événement of Edmond Magnier, then for various other newspapers. In 1890 he was engaged by Valentin as permanent staff for L' Echo de Paris. In March 1891 he began there his famous Enquête sur l' évolution littéraire, a series in which he interviewed 64 writers, among whom Émile Zola, Octave Mirbeau and Maurice Barres were. Core topic of the interview series was situation and prospects of French literature and the discussion of the " Psychology supporters against the naturalism - trailer " and " Symbolism supporters against the Parnassian - chain". The postulate of these interviews that had to be accepted by the interviewees, was the application of Darwinian evolution principle to the field of literature, it was also a battlefield on which the strongest will prevail and survive would.

Later he specialized in the interview technique and practiced it with high perfectionism. Jules made ​​the spiritual essence of his famous contemporaries recognizable with as much tact as effectiveness. In 1892 he joined the French daily newspaper Le Figaro, where he had a Enquête sur la question sociale en Europe began in the same year, which led him to Rome, Zurich, Vienna, Germany and Russia. 1895 were him under the direction of Antonin Perivier and Fernand de Rodays the Petite chronique des lettres du quotidien ( A short report about the letters of the day) and from 1896 to 1899, the Chronique Théâtrale (reporting on the theater scene and culture ) entrusted. From 1902 he undertook long journeys abroad, from where he reported with new reports. Jules published in the newspaper Le Figaro research on the United States of America, who suggested his friend Octave Mirbeau for the literature prize, the Prix Goncourt, and about Germany, Argentina, on topics such as the university, politics, poverty and rights critic.

Publications

• Enquête sur l' évolution littéraire. Conversations avec Renan MM, de Goncourt, Émile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, Huysmans, Anatole France, Maurice Barres, Jules Lemaître, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Verlaine, Jean Moréas, Saint-Pol -Roux, Maurice Maeterlinck, Octave Mirbeau, Rosny, Joseph Caraguel, Paul Marguerite, Descaves, Leconte de Lisle, Catulle Mendès, François Coppée Vacquerie, Claretie, etc., etc. Lettres de Jean Richepin, Ponchon, Édouard Rod, Joséphin Péladan, etc. ( 1891) French original text as pdf

• La Catastrophe du Bazar de la Charité (4 May 1897). Historique du Bazar de la Charité, la catastrophe. Documents recueillis et mis en ordre par Jules Huret (1897 ) original text. French original text as pdf
• Enquête sur la question sociale en Europe (1897 ) French original text as pdf
• Sarah Bernhardt (1899 )
• Loges et Behind the scenes (1901 ) French original text as pdf
• Tout yeux, tout oreille (1901 ) French original text as pdf
• Les Greves. Enquête au Creusot, à Lille, Roubaix, Anzin, Lens, Marseille, Carmaux, Lyon, Saint -Etienne, Saint- Chamond (1902 )
• En Amérique. De New York à la Nouvelle- Orléans ( 1904) French original text as pdf
• De San Francisco au Canada (1905 )

• Rhin et Westphalia: Prospérité, les villes, les ports, usiniers et philanthropes, les grands syndicats Patronaux (1907 ) French original text as pdf
• De Hambourg aux Marches de Pologne,
• Berlin ( 1913),
• La Bavaria et la Saxe,

• De Buenos Aires au Gran Chaco
• De la Plata à la Cordillera of the Andes