Pierre Seghers
Pierre Seghers (5 January 1906, in Paris – 4 November 1987, in Créteil) was a French poet and editor. During the Second World War he took part in the French Resistance movement.
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- Birth Name
- Pierre Seghers
- Born
- 5 January 1906
- Died
- 4 November 1987
- Full name
- Paul Charles Gustave Seghers.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- publisher · poet · screenwriter · french resistance fighter
- Honours
- Commander of the Legion of Honour · Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · Prix Guillaume Apollinaire · International Botev Prize · Officer of the Order of the Southern Cross · Officer of the Order of the Crown
- Languages
- French
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Pierre Seghers (5 January 1906, in Paris – 4 November 1987, in Créteil) was a French poet and editor. During the Second World War he took part in the French Resistance movement.
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• Birth Name — Pierre Seghers • Born — 5 January 1906 • Died — 4 November 1987
Career
Career
He founded, among other things, the famous line of books Poètes d’aujourd’hui (Contemporary poets) in 1944, which published 270 books of poets both famous and unknown (such as an anthology of modern accursed poets in 1972, Poètes maudits d'aujourd'hui: 1946-1970). Together with François Lachenal, Paul Eluard and Jean Lescure, he gathered in 1943, the texts of many poets of the French Resistance, which he published in Les Editions de Minuit under the title: L’honneur des poètes. Among the prizes and orders he received, he was made a commander of the Légion d'honneur and in 1976 Laureate Of The International Botev Prize. He was doctor honoris causa of Saint Andrews University, Scotland. He is buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery. An exhibition on his life and work took place in the Musée du Montparnasse in Paris in 2011. A detailed catalogue was then published.
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Pierre Seghers is recorded as having received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Prix Guillaume Apollinaire. Recorded at birth as Paul Charles Gustave Seghers.
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1906
Pierre Seghers born at 16th arrondissement of Paris.
1987
Pierre Seghers died at Créteil.
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16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Créteil.
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scholarly publication
- Pierre Seghers, Poet and Editor, Books Abroad, 1960
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1960
- Pierre Seghers. Poetes d'aujourd'hui, The Modern Language Journal, 1969
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1969
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086686969, Collection Pierre Seghers (Paris).
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- VIAF cluster 4936528 for Pierre Seghers, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3386971: Pierre Seghers
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- “Pierre Seghers”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Relevé des fichiers de l'Insee
- 2.Déclaré à l'état civil sous les seuls prénoms de Paul Charles Gustave, , Pierre Seghers ne sera reconnu par ses parents qu'en 1920. Acte de naissance 32 du 8 janvier 1906 sur le site des archives de Paris.
- 3.Les citations sont extraites de Pierre Seghers par Pierre Seghers. Collection Poètes d'aujourd'hui, Édition Seghers 1967
- 4.L'établissement Mon Bar à Avignon rue du Portail Matheron, a encore, selon son propriétaire, le bar et des éléments de décors vendus par Pierre Seghers à ses prédécesseurs dans les années 1930.
- 5.Je me suis engagé sous le plus beau des cieux / Dans Nice la Marine au nom victorieux / Perdu parmi 900 conducteurs anonymes / Je suis charretier du neuf charroi de Nîmes… in Case d'Armons, 1915
- 6.Catalogue de l'exposition Pierre Seghers : Poésie la vie entière, Bruno Doucey, Éditions Musée du Montparnasse, 2011
- 7.Voir le site Aux marins.
- 8.La Vie culturelle sous Vichy, P. 176, sous la direction de Jean-Pierre Rioux, Bruxelles, Complexe, 1990
- 9.Pierre Seghers, un homme couvert de noms, Colette Seghers, Robert Laffont, 1981
- 10.Seghers explique ses relations avec le P.C. dans le second opus de Un homme fou fou de poésie, portrait en 4 films de 52' réalisé par Jean-Marie Drot en 1974
- 11.Pierre Seghers, préface de l'album Chansons et complaintes Seghers, 1958
- 12.Voir dans Liens externes : interview Télévision Suisse Romande
- 13.Voir détail sur la page Poètes d'aujourd'hui
- 14.La Vie intellectuelle sous l'Occupation. madelen.ina.fr.
- 15.L'Inconnu de l'Élysée, Pierre Péan, Fayard, 2007
- 16.Notice d'autorité de IdRef du SUDOC
- 17.Publié dans la clandestinité pour Les Amis du Chien de Pique. Composé en caractères Romulus, l'ouvrage a été tiré le 30 août 1944 à quinze exemplaires hors commerce numérotés de I à XV et de cinquante exemplaires numérotés de 1 à 50 (Dirk De Jong, Bibliographie des éditions françaises clandestines, Editions A.A.M. Stols, 1947, )
- 18.Grâce au soutien de François Mauriac et Georges Duhamel, voir : François Mauriac, biographie intime, t. 2 - 1940-1970, Jean-Luc Barré, éditions Fayard, 2010 , p.-50.
- 19.La Documentation française
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Pierre Seghers, Poet and Editor, Books Abroad, 1960Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086686969, Collection Pierre Seghers (Paris).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Pierre Seghers received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, International Botev Prize, Officer of the Order of the Southern Cross and Officer of the Order of the Crown.
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