Gilbert Prouteau
Art competitions Gilbert Prouteau (14 June 1917 – 2 August 2012) was a French poet and film director. He was born in Nesmy, Vendée. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade" ("Rhythm of the Stadium").
Gilbert Prouteau

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- Born
- Gilbert Prouteau was born on 14 June 1917. · Nesmy.
- Died
- Gilbert Prouteau died on 2 August 2012. · Cholet.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- poet · film director
- Honours
- Broquette-Gonin prize
- Languages
- French
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Art competitions Gilbert Prouteau (14 June 1917 – 2 August 2012) was a French poet and film director. He was born in Nesmy, Vendée. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade" ("Rhythm of the Stadium").
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At the beginning of the 1990s he was, with Jean-Pierre Thiollet, one of the writers contributing to the French magazine L'Amateur d'Art.
• Rythme du Stade, Lugdunum, 1942 (poems) • La part du vent, Ariane, 1947 (poems) • Anthologie des textes sportifs de la littérature, Défense de la France, 1948 • Saison blanche, Amiot Dumont, 1951 • Le Sexe des Anges, Grasset, 1952 • La peur des femmes, Grasset, 1959 • Immortelle Vendée, Les productions de Paris, 1959 • Retour aux sources, Editions Hérault, 1960 • Les Dieux meurent le matin, Grasset, 1962 (A collection relating the tragic deaths of ten poets). • Le machin, La Table Ronde, 1965 • Tout est dans la fin, Robert Laffont, 1971 • Comme un vol de corbeaux, La Table Ronde, 1977 • Le Dernier Défi de Georges Clemenceau, France Empire, 1979 • Le grand roman de Jules Verne: sa vie, Stock, 1979 • Sept morts d'amour, Hachette, 1981 • Les miroirs de la perversité, Albin Michel, 1984 • La Nuit de l'île d'Aix ou le Crépuscule d'un dieu, Albin Michel, 1985 • Gilles de Rais ou la Gueule du loup, Editions du Rocher, 1992 • La bataille de Cholet ou la guerre en sabots, Editions du Rocher, 1993 • Le fabuleux secret de l'alchimiste: Nicolas Flamel prophète ou imposteur, Bartillat, 1994 • Je te dis qu’il faut vivre, Editions Hérault, 1998 • Monsieur l'instituteur, Albin Michel, 2000 • Victor Hugo vendéen, Mosée, 2002 • Les Soleils de minuit, Editions Hérault, 2003 • Rabelais en Vendée, D'Orbestier, 2004 • Les Orgues d’Hélène, Écho Optique, 2007 (poems) • Le Roman de la Vendée, Geste, 2010 • Les mots de passe, Editions du Petit Pavé, 2013
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• La Vie passionnée de Georges Clemenceau (1953) • Dieu a choisi Paris (1969), with Jean-Paul Belmondo
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1917
Gilbert Prouteau was born on 14 June 1917.
2012
Gilbert Prouteau died on 2 August 2012.
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Gilbert Prouteau was born at Nesmy.
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Gilbert Prouteau died at Cholet.
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- 1.ouest france.fr. L'écrivain Gilbert Prouteau est mort ce jeudi à l'âge de 95 ans. 2012-08-02.
- 2.Gilbert Prouteau. Olympedia.
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- Chastagnol, Jean, ed. (1980). Le Roman d'un rebelle, Gilbert Prouteau. Paris: Diffusion De Vecchi. .
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