Émile Servan-Schreiber

Émile Servan-Schreiber (1888-1967) was a French journalist. He was the co-founder of Les Échos. He was the author of several books.

Émile Servan-Schreiber
Born
Émile Schreiber

(1888-12-10)10 December 1888
10th arrondissement of Paris, France
Died29 December 1967(1967-12-29) (aged 79)
Veulettes-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France
EducationCollège Rollin
OccupationJournalist
Spouse(s)Denise Brésard
Children2 sons, 3 daughters
Parent(s)Joseph Schreiber
Clara Feilchenfeld
RelativesVincent Ferniot (grandson)

Early life

Émile Servan-Schreiber was born as Émile Schreiber on December 20, 1888 in Paris, France.[1] His father, Joseph Schreiber, was a Jewish-Prussian immigrant.[2][3] His mother, born Clara Feilchenfeld, spoke Yiddish.[4] His patronym, Schreiber, means "writer" in German.[5] He had three brothers, André, Georges and Robert.[2]

Servan-Schreiber was educated at the Collège Rollin in Paris.[6] During World War I, he served in the French Army.[2] He received the Croix de Guerre for his service.[3]

Career

Servan-Schreiber was a journalist.[1] He co-founded Les Échos with his brother André in 1908.[2] He was also a contributor; for example, in 1960, he wrote that the Algerian War could not be compared to World War I, as more French people were dying in car accidents than on the battlefield.[7] The newspaper was sold by the Schreibers in 1963.[2]

Servan-Schreiber was a journalist for L'Illustration.[4] He was the author of several books,[5] beginning with L'exemple américain in 1917, when he called for an Americanisation of France with regards to comfort and cleanliness.[8] His third book, Rome après Moscou, was reviewed by George N. Shuster in Books Abroad,[9] while his fifth book, L'Amérique Réagit, was reviewed by Albert J. Guerard, also in Books Abroad.[10] His ninth book, Le Portugal de Salazar, was reviewed by Armando Frumento in Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia.[11]

Personal life and death

Servan-Schreiber married Denise Brésard, a Roman Catholic.[2] They had two sons, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, and three daughters, Brigitte Gros, Bernadette Gradis, and Christiane Collange.[5]

Prior to World War II, Servan-Schreiber purchased "Chalet Nanouk", a chalet in Mont d'Arbois upon the recommendation of Baroness Noémie de Rothschild.[4] During the war, he took the pseudonym of "Servan" and hid in the chalet with his parents, his wife and his children.[4] Servan-Schreiber legally changed his name on November 5, 1952, adding "Servan" before "Schreiber".[1]

Servan-Schreiber died on December 29, 1967 in Veulettes-sur-Mer, France.[1]

Works
  • Schreiber, Émile (1917). L'Exemple américain. Paris: Payot. OCLC 503759096.
  • Schreiber, Émile (1931). Comment on vit en U.R.S.S. Paris: Plon. OCLC 459134393.
  • Schreiber, Émile (1932). Rome après Moscou. Paris: Plon. OCLC 4221289.
  • Schreiber, Émile (1933). Cette année à Jérusalem; à travers la Palestine juive. Paris: Plon. OCLC 1066628.
  • Schreiber, Émile (1934). L'Amérique réagit. Paris: Plon. OCLC 503759274.
  • Schreiber, Émile (1936). On vit pour 1 franc par jour. Indes-Chine-Japon, 1935. Paris: Baudinière. OCLC 459134406.
  • Schreiber, Émile (1936). Heureux Scandinaves! : enquête sur les réalisations socialistes au Danemark, en Suède, Norvège et Finlande. Paris: Denoël et Steele. OCLC 10127363.
  • Schreiber, Émile (1937). La Suisse, pays d'hommes libres; enquête sur le démocratie suisse et son rayonnement international. Paris: Denoël. OCLC 7049638.
  • Schreiber, Émile (1938). Le Portugal de Salazar. Paris: Denoël. OCLC 21515611.

Further reading
  • Nemer, Monique (2015). Émile, patriarche des Servan-Schreiber. Paris: Eyrolles. ISBN 9782212260113. OCLC 900606262.

References
  1. "Émile Servan-Schreiber (1888-1967)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. Bastière, Jean-Marc (January 22, 2015). "Émile... le premier des Servan-Schreiber". Le Figaro. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. Catinchi, Philippe-Jean (February 17, 2015). "L'épopée journalistique d'Emile Servan-Schreiber". Le Monde. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. Grandjacques, Gabriel (2007). La montagne-refuge : les juifs au pays du Mont-Blanc : Saint-Gervais, Megève-- 1940-1944. Montmélian: Fontaine de Siloé. pp. 47–48. ISBN 9782842063597. OCLC 181625519.
  5. Chavelet, Elisabeth (January 17, 2015). "Une histoire française". Paris Match. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  6. Nemer, Monique (2015). Émile, patriarche des Servan-Schreiber. Paris: Éditions Eyrolles. p. 30. ISBN 9782212260113. OCLC 900606262.
  7. Elsenhans, Harmut (1999). La Guerre d'Algérie 1954-1962. La transition d'une France à une autre. Le passage de la IVe République à la Ve République. Paris: Plubisud. p. 890. ISBN 9782866007133. OCLC 407144042.
  8. R. P. (December 1967). "CINQUANTENAIRE". Esprit. 366 (12): 962–963. JSTOR 24258200.
  9. Shuster, George N. (July 1933). "Reviewed Work: Rome après Moscou by Émile Schreiber". Books Abroad. 3 (7): 319. doi:10.2307/40074292. JSTOR 40074292.
  10. Guérard (Summer 1935). "Reviewed Work: L'Amérique Réagit by Émile Schreiber". Books Abroad. 9 (3): 293. doi:10.2307/40076785. JSTOR 40076785.
  11. Frumento, Armando (November–December 1940). "Reviewed Works: Le Portugal de Salazar by E. Schreiber; Princìpio e fins do sistema corporativo português by Ribeiro J. J. Teixeira". Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia. 2 (11/12): 807–808. JSTOR 23234298.
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