Gérard Bessière (French:[ʒeʁaʁbɛsjɛʁ]; 27 January 1928 – 8 December 2024) was a French diarist, poet, priest of the Diocese of Cahors, onetime national chaplain for the teaching staff of university parish, journalist of the weekly magazine La Vie,[2][3] and author of numerous books on spirituality. He retired to a village in Lot.[4]
Bessière was particularly interested in research on Jesus; he published several works at Éditions du Cerf, including Jésus est devant, Jésus insaisissable, Dieu est bien jeune, Le feu qui rafraîchit; and a richly illustrated monograph Jésus : Le dieu inattendu, published in the collection "Découvertes Gallimard".
Bessière died on 8 December 2024, at the age of 96.[8]
Selected publications
Where is the Pope?, 1974
Jesus Ahead, Burns and Oates, 1977
Alors Jésus s'assit et dit…, collection « Contes du Ciel et de la Terre ». Gallimard Jeunesse, 1993
Jesus Sat Down and Said…, Creative Education, 1997
Jésus : Le dieu inattendu, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 170), série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1993.
With Francesco Chiovaro, Urbi et Orbi : Deux mille ans de papauté, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 269), série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1995.
With Hyacinthe Vulliez, Frère François : Le saint d'Assise, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 354), série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1998.
^Bessière, Gérard (1999). Jesús, el dios inesperado. Collection "Biblioteca de bolsillo CLAVES" (in Spanish). Vol. 29. Translated by Tros de Ilarduya, Sofía. Barcelona: Ediciones B. p. on front flap. ISBN978-8-4406-9281-8. About the author
