On Pierre Fatou

Abstract

My interest in this story came from the Gaston Julia side. Even if no biography has been devoted to him, there is much to read about his life. An image of his childhood and his brilliant schooling, then of his second birth (in his own words) after his 1915 war wound, an image which was polished by himself, is given by the many speeches he delivered or that were addressed to him through the 20th century (see [Julia 1970]). What he said, what he did not say, where he said it, when he said it, who addressed him, who did not address him: independently of other less public sources, his official biography is quite well-informed (however, see also § VI.4).