Poètes maudits d'aujourd'hui: 1946-1970
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Poètes maudits d'aujourd'hui: 1946-1970 (in English
: The accursed poets of today: 1946-1970) is an anthology
edited
by the poet
Pierre Seghers
published by his own company, Seghers. Each of the twelve poets in the book is introduced by a short study and represented by a selection of their writings. The book also has a general Introduction by its editor.
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: The accursed poets of today: 1946-1970) is an anthology
Anthology
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edited
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by the poet
Poet
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Pierre Seghers
Pierre Seghers
Pierre Seghers was a French poet and editor. During the Second World War he took part in the French Resistance movement....
published by his own company, Seghers. Each of the twelve poets in the book is introduced by a short study and represented by a selection of their writings. The book also has a general Introduction by its editor.
The poets
- Antonin ArtaudAntonin ArtaudAntoine Marie Joseph Artaud, more well-known as Antonin Artaud was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director...
- Gilberte H. DallasGilberte H. DallasGilberte H. Dallas , real name Gilberte Herschtel, was a French poet. Her mother died when Gilberte was seven months old; her father, a Parisienne jeweller, died of tuberculosis when she was twelve. This loss had a big impact on her. At the age of ten she set sail to the open sea in a small boat,...
- Jean-Pierre DupreyJean-Pierre DupreyJean-Pierre Duprey was a French poet and sculptor, one of the modern examples of an accursed poet....
- André FrédériqueAndré FrédériqueAndré Frédérique was a French poet. He was a son of a police officer. He became a member of the Parisienne bohème . His works, often full of black humour are similar to Henri Michaux.- Works :* Ana, Éd...
- Roger MilliotRoger MilliotRoger Milliot was a French poet and painter. He served as a soldier in Indochina and as such had a pension. His health problems disabled him from becoming an ornamentalist. Like his idol René Char he preferred province life to Paris and lived in Montauban...
- Gérald NeveuGérald NeveuGérald Neveu was a French poet. Called by some "one of the gentlest poètes maudits" , he was born to Louis Neveu and Marthe Bonnaud in Marseille...
- Jacques PrevelJacques PrevelJacques Marie Prevel was a French poet. His real first name was Jacques, but he added 'Marie' not to be mistaken with Jacques Prévert, whose surname is pronounced in a very similar way...
- André de RichaudAndré de RichaudAndré de Richaud was a French poet and writer. After his father was killed in the First World War in 1915, his mother became a lover of a German prisoner of war, which caused him a trauma that made him later sell their house and move away...
- Roger-Arnould RivièreRoger-Arnould RivièreRoger-Arnould Rivière was a French poet. Despite not being unpopular among other people, he was disgusted with his looks . His poetry both shows and hides this "ugliness". He was an admirer of Dylan Thomas and also Cesare Pavese, whose book he held in his hand when he committed suicide by...
- Armand RobinArmand RobinArmand Robin was a French poet, translator, and journalist.- Life :Robin was born in Plouguernével by Rostrenen and came to Paris. He was unable to settle down for all his life. He traveled to USSR in 1934, and returned shocked by the reality of communism...
- Jean-Philippe SalabreuilJean-Philippe SalabreuilJean-Philippe Salabreuil , real name Jean-Pierre Steinbach, was a French poet. His first book, La Liberté des feuilles, received awards in the name of Félix Fénéon and Max Jacob. He often wrote poems in prose...
- Ilarie VoroncaIlarie VoroncaIlarie Voronca was a Romanian-French avant-garde poet and essayist.Voronca was of Jewish ethnicity...