Armee, politique et litterature : driant, ou le nationalisme en son temps
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Abstract EN:
Emile driant come into the world during 1855, near reims. He joined saint-cyr military school on 1875, and was officer on 1877. The first stage of his career occured in tunisia. Then, he was in the war ministry with general boulanger, whose daughter he married. Lastly, he commanded a fifht-infantry battalion. In consequence of politician disgraces, he leaved army on 1905. From 1906 to 1910, he was journalist and writer, fifhting for french defense according to the german threat. More efficiency occured on 1910, when he became a deputy. During the war, he fighted on head of a two battalions fight-infantry force. He was killed on 1916 february 22nd, during the second day of the verdun battle. From 1906 to 1916, his fighting was an expression of french nationalism, according to maurice barres thesis. In addition, he was a successful writer for young people, giving twenty historical and war romances. His pen family includes jules verne and paul d'ivoi, but his originality was to illustrate science applications to war.
Abstract FR:
Emile driant naquit en 1855, pres de reims. Il entra a l'ecole de saint-cyr en 1855, et devint officier en 1877. La premiere phase de sa carriere militaire se deroula en tunisie. Il suivit ensuite au ministere de la guerre le general boulanger, dont il epousa la fille. Enfin, il commanda un bataillon de chasseurs a pied. A la suite de l'affaire des fiches, il quitta l'armee en 1905. De 1906 a 1910, il fut journaliste et ecrivain, faisant campagen pour la defense nationale face a la menace allemande. Son action s'intensifia a partir de 1910, quand il fut elu depute. Durant la guerre, il combattit a la tete d'un groupement forme de deux bataillons de chasseurs. C'est a ce poste qu'il fut tue le 22 fevrier 1916, au deuxieme jour de la bataille de verdun. De 1906 a 1916, son action fut une illustration du nationalisme francais, dans la mouvance de maurice barres. En outre, il fut un auteur a succes de livres pour la jeunesse, signant une vingtaine de romans historiques et militaires. Il releve de la meme ecole litteraire que jules verne et paul d'ivoi, mais son originalite fut de montrer les applications militaires des decouvertes scientifiques.