La Nouvelle Revue Française (; "The New French Review") is a literary magazine based in France. In France, it is often referred to as the NRF.Bloch, Jean-Richard., Takahashi, Haruo. Correspondance J-R. Bloch―M. Martinet. Japan: Éditions Université Chuô, 1994. 457.
History and profile The magazine was founded in 1909 by a group of intellectuals including André Gide, Jacques Copeau, and Jean Schlumberger.La Nouvelle Revue française (NRF) Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2010. It was established 'in opposition to other, more established, cultural institutions, most notably the Académie Française and its associated networks'.:4
In 1911, Gaston Gallimard became editor of the Revue, which led to the founding of the publishing house, Éditions Gallimard. During World War I its publication stopped. The magazine was relaunched in 1919.
Established writers such as Paul Bourget and Anatole France contributed to the magazine from its early days. The magazine's influence grew until, during the interwar period, it became the leading literary journal, occupying a unique role in French culture. The first published works by André Malraux and Jean-Paul Sartre were in the pages of the Revue.
During the occupation in the second world war the NRF continued operations under the Vichy Regime, thanks to the work of Otto Abetz in negotiating terms with Gaston Gallimard. Then director Jean Paulhan resigned his position as director of the NRF and was replaced by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle.David Newcastle, The Rise and Fall of Pierre Drieu la Rochlle, Gilles, Tikhanov Library, 2024, preface
Gide and Général de Gaulle gave explicit blessing to L'Arche, a literary review created by Jean Amrouche and edited by Edmond Charlot.JAFFEUX, V. 2016.L'Arche au milieu de la tempête. Naissance d'une revue algéroise dans la tourmente de la seconde guerre mondiale. In: DUGAS, G. (ed.) Edmond Charlot: passeur de culture: Actes du colloque Montpellier-Pézenas. Centenaire Edmond Charlot 2015. Pézenas: Domens. It became effectively the replacement of the NRF in Free France (Algeria was the first part of France to be liberated). L'Arche commenced in 1944 (issues 1–6) and finished in 1947 (issues 23–27). Montreal, Tangiers and Algiers in this period became literary francophone centres replacing Paris.
After liberation of the whole of France, the NRF was banned for collaborationism, but reopened in 1953 (initially with a "new" title: La Nouvelle Nouvelle Revue Française).
The Revue was a monthly for many years, but became a quarterly.
Directors 1908–1914: André Gide Interruption due to war 1919–1925: Jacques Rivière 1925–1940: Jean Paulhan 1940–1943: Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Banned for collaborationism (1944–1953) 1953–1968: Jean Paulhan 1968–1977: Marcel Arland 1977–1987: Georges Lambrichs 1987–1996: Jacques Réda 1996–1999: Bertrand Visage 1999–2010: Michel Braudeau 2010–present: Antoine Gallimard
See also Collection Blanche List of literary magazines Mauthner, Martin, Otto Abetz and His Paris Acolytes - French Writers Who Flirted with Fascism, 1930–1945. Sussex Academic Press, 2016, ()
References
Sources Anna-Louise Milne, The Extreme In-Between: Jean Paulhan's Place in the Twentieth Century (Oxford: Legenda, 2006).
External links [https://www.lanrf.fr/ Catalog]