Gérald Neveu

Gérald Neveu (August 10, 1921, Marseille - February 28, 1960, Paris) was a French poet. Called by some "one of the gentlest poètes maudits",[1] 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 [2][3] 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 the French 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 apartment etc." [4]

Selected bibliography

He worked with the famous review Les Cahiers du Sud and also with Action Poétique.

References and external links

  1. col. Bytosti schopné zemřít, pp. 65.
  2. Slavík, Ivan, Rozklenout srázné, p. 86; Olomouc 1993
  3. col. Bytosti schopné zemřít, pp. 65.
  4. Slavík, Ivan, Rozklenout srázné, p. 86; Olomouc 1993


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