Alain Jouffroy
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Alain Jouffroy | |
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Born | Alain Jouffroy in April 2010 11 September 1928 Near Parc Montsouris, Paris, France |
Died | 20 December 2015 Paris, France | (aged 87)
Occupation | Poet, writer |
Notable awards | Prix Goncourt 2007 |
Alain Jouffroy (11 September 1928 – 20 December 2015) was a French writer, poet and artist.[1]
Jouffroy was born near Parc Montsouris, Paris. He was the first advocate of an Art Strike[2] and formed the during the strikes of May 1968 in France with Jean-Pierre Faye. He was also a great influence on the Zanzibar Group—part of the French new wave who took part in the Paris demonstrations at this time.[3]
He won the Prix Goncourt for poetry in 2007.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1967 | La collectionneuse | Writer | |
1968 | Fun and Games for Everyone | ||
1969 | Détruisez-vous | (final film role) |
External links[]
- Portrait of Alain Jouffroy by Braun-Vega (1978).
References[]
- ^ "French surrealist poet Alain Jouffroy dies aged 87". Yahoo News. 22 December 2015.
- ^ "What's to be done about art?" (included in "Art and Confrontation," New York Graphic Society 1968)
- ^ The new, new wave, The Guardian, 9 February 2002
Categories:
- Writers from Paris
- 1928 births
- 2015 deaths
- 20th-century French poets
- French art critics
- French male poets
- Prix Goncourt de la Poésie winners
- Prix Roger Caillois recipients
- Prix Guillaume Apollinaire winners
- Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
- 20th-century French male writers
- French male non-fiction writers
- French writer stubs