Jean Venturini
Jean Venturini | |
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![]() Jean Venturini in 1939, a few months before his death | |
Born | Jean-Bernard Venturini 17 September 1919 Nabeul, French Tunisia |
Died | 17 June 1940 French submarine Morse, off Sfax, French Tunisia | (aged 20)
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | French |
Literary movement | Surrealism |
Jean Venturini (17 September 1919 – 17 June 1940) was a French poet and sailor. He died at the age of 20 during the Second World War when his submarine was lost in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
Biography[]
Jean Venturini was born in Nabeul, Tunisia, and spent most of his childhood in Morocco. In his teens, he studied at a high school near Meknes. He began writing poetry at the age of 16, poems which were later collected and published in November 1939 as . This was to be his only published work. He was killed in June 1940, along with the entire crew of the submarine Morse, which had struck a mine. He had trained as a signaller before joining the French Navy in 1939.[2]
Outlines is a collection of poems heavily influenced by the theories of poet Arthur Rimbaud.[3] With its themes and writing, this work is very close to the surrealist aesthetic.[4]
Works[]
![Book](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Outlines.1939.jpg/70px-Outlines.1939.jpg)
- (in French) , collection of poems, Casablanca, Éditions du Moghreb, November 1939, 80 p.
- (in French) Outlines : reissue with a biographical afterword on the sinking of the submarine « Morse », Paris, Vaillant, June 2009, 112 p. (ISBN 978-2-916986-06-7)
- Scattered poems, not collected :
- (in French) Ballade d'un qui part, published in December 1939 by the review Fontaine
- (in French) Une Pierre dans l'eau, published in May 1940 by the review Poésie 40
- (in French) Victime d'affiches, unpublished manuscript poem, June 1940 (sent in a letter to a close friend)
Bibliography[]
- (in French) Pierre Seghers, Le Livre d'or de la Poésie française, first volume : « Des origines à 1940 », Paris, Marabout, 1998, 488 p. (ISBN 978-2-501026-35-2)
- (in French) Collective work, Dictionnaire des lettres françaises, sixth volume : « Le xxe siècle », Paris, LGF-Le Livre de Poche, 1998, 1174 p. (ISBN 2-253-13109-1)
- (in French) « La mémoire engloutie », a study by Jean-Luc Falco, foreword to the reissue of Outlines
- (in French) Collective work, Anthologie des écrivains morts à la guerre, 1939-1945, Paris, Albin Michel, 1998, 808 p. (ISBN 9782226045126)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ See (in French) Article « Jean Venturini, marin mort pour la France et poète » by Madeleine Kérisit.
- ^ See (in French) Monographie de Jean Venturini, inspired by Madeleine Kérisit, on website Mémorial national aux marins morts pour la France.
- ^ See (in French) Pierre Seghers, Le Livre d'or de la Poésie française, first volume : « Des origines à 1940 », Paris, Marabout editor, 1998, p. 451.
- ^ See (in French) Collective work, Dictionnaire des lettres françaises, sixth volume : « Le xxe siècle », Paris, LGF-Le Livre de Poche, 1998, p. 1135.
External links[]
- (in French) Article « Jean Venturini, marin mort pour la France et poète » by Madeleine Kérisit
- (in French) Monographie de Jean Venturini, inspired by Madeleine Kérisit, on website Mémorial national aux marins morts pour la France
- (in French) Homepage of the website Aux Marins
- (in French) Historical Service of the French Navy, bureau of Toulon
- Surrealist poets
- French sailors
- 1919 births
- 1940 deaths
- 20th-century French poets
- French male poets
- French Navy personnel of World War II
- French military personnel killed in World War II
- 20th-century French male writers