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Edition 19 (1985) Winner
Jean Lescure
ジャン・レスキュール
Jean Lescure
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1912-09-14 （Asnières-sur-Seine）
- Died
- 2005-10-17 （Paris） age 93
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Asnières-sur-Seine → Paris
Career
- Occupations
- poet, editor, translator, radio director
- Active Years
- 1936-2005
- Affiliations
- Messages, Les Lettres françaises, Comité National des Ecrivains, French Radio, Oulipo
- Memberships
- Oulipo
- Influenced By
- William Blake
- Influenced
- Paul Éluard, Raymond Queneau
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Le Voyage immobile
1936 PoetryFirst plaquette of poems.
Immobile journey
Drailles
1968 PoetryPoetry collection.
Bibliography
- Le Voyage immobile (1936)
- Une anatomie du secret (1946)
- Les Falaises de Taormina (1949)
Translations by Author
- Translation of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (1949)
- Complete works of Giuseppe Ungaretti (1953)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Metaphysical poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- secretnightdeath
Legacy
French poet, editor of Messages, early member of Oulipo. Involved in underground activities during the Occupation.
Trivia
- Early member of Oulipo.
- Resumed Messages in Brussels during Occupation.