| Georges Le Cardonnel | |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1872 |
| Birth Place: | Valence, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Critic, novelist |
| Spouse: | Madeleine Dehay |
| Parents: | Louis Aimable Le Cardonnel Amély Joséphine Cumin |
| Relatives: | Louis Le Cardonnel (brother) |
Georges Le Cardonnel (1872–1941) was a French literary and art critic.
Georges Le Cardonnel was born on 12 October 1872 in Valence, Drôme, France.[1] His father, Louis Aimable Le Cardonnel, was an engineer.[1] His mother, Amély Joséphine Cumin, was the owner of a clothing shop.[1] His brother, Louis Le Cardonnel, was a Roman Catholic priest and poet.[1]
Le Cardonnel co-authored a book about contemporary French literature with Charles Vellay in 1905.[2] They based their study on the criticisms of Gaston Deschamps, Jean Ernest-Charles, Émile Faguet, and Charles Maurras, among others.[3] The book was a success, and it was re-edited three times.[1]
Le Cardonnel was the author of a novel, Les soutiens de l'Ordre in 1909.[1] By 1911, Le Cardonnel served on the editorial board of Paris-Journal, an arts review for which he reviewed the Orange Festival every year.[1] Meanwhile, he was a contributing critic in La Revue Universelle, Les Marges, Gil Blas, L'Opinion, among other reviews.[1] He served on the committee of the Prix Goncourt in 1932.[1]
Le Cardonnel supported Fernand Sorlot's decision to publish the French translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in France in 1934, even though Sorlot did not own the copyright.[1] At the beginning of World War II, Le Cardonnel worked for Agence Havas.[1]
Le Cardonnel married Madeleine Dehay in 1931.[1] He died on 9 December 1941 in Paris.[1] The bulk of his papers is held at the Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques-Doucet in Paris.[4]