- Gérald Neveu
Gérald Neveu (
August 10 1921 ,Marseille -February 28 1960 ,Paris ) was a Frenchpoet . Called by some "one of the gentlest poètes maudits" [col. "Bytosti schopné zemřít", pp. 65.] , he was born to Louis Neveu and Marthe Bonnaud in Marseille. Having lost his family and job and having become an alcoholic, he lived as a hobo and dreamer [Slavík, Ivan, "Rozklenout srázné", p. 86; Olomouc 1993] [col. "Bytosti schopné zemřít", pp. 65.] in Marseille sleeping in friends's studios, homeless shelters or psychiatric clinics (together with Artaud he went through electroshocks). Since 1947 he was a member of theFrench Communist Party . A few months before his death he came to Paris where he was found dead one day; the cause of his death remains unknown. His wallet contained only a piece of paper saying "without hair, without teeth, without money, without a woman, without an appartment etc." [Slavík, Ivan, "Rozklenout srázné", p. 86; Olomouc 1993]Selected bibliography
He worked with the famous revue "Les Cahiers du Sud" and also with Action Poétique.
* "Les Sept commandements", 1960
* "Fournaise obscure", 1967
* "Une solitude essentielle", 1973
* "Poèmes 1945-1960", 1992References and external links
* [http://www.espritsnomades.com/sitelitterature/neveu/neveugerald.html Gérald Neveu, in French]
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