Green, Julien [Originally Julian] (1900–), brother of
Anne Green, was born in Paris of American parents and has lived most of his life in France. His first book,
Le Voyageur sur la terre (1927), a novelette translated as
The Pilgrim on the Earth (1929), concerns an American college student who dies after being driven insane by hallucinations. Later novels, also written in French, are equally somber psychological studies of individuals, superficially commonplace but actually the prey of deep tortured passions. These include
Mont‐Cinère (1926), translated as
Avarice House (1927);
Adrienne Mésurat (1927), translated as
The Closed Garden (1928);
Léviathan (1929), translated as
The Dark Journey (1929); and, in a recent listing from a prolific career as novelist,
Moira (1951); and some untranslated texts, including
L'Autre (1983), about a woman's romantic experiences, and
Les Pays lointains (1987).
Personal Record (1939) is his journal (1928–39), and other works in English translation include the fiction
Christine and Other Stories (1930),
The Strange River (1932),
The Dreamer (1934),
Midnight (1936),
Then Shall the Dust Return (1941),
If I Were You (1949),
The Transgressor (1957), about a girl's unhappy love for a homosexual, and
Each in His Darkness (1961).
Memories of Happy Days (1942) and
To Leave Before Dawn (1967) are memoirs and, like his
Diary 1928–1957 (1964), were translated by his sister. Still further autobiographical texts are in
Terre lointaine (1966);
Memories of Evil Days (1976);
Ce qu'il faut d'amour a l'homme (1978), about his conversion to Catholicism;
Paris (1983); and
Villes (1985), concerning various travels. He has also written many journals published in French.
God's Fool (1985) is an appreciative study of St. Francis of Assisi.
