Gérald Neveu

Gérald Neveu (August 10, 1921, Marseille - February 28, 1960, Paris) was a French poet. Called by some "one of the gentlest poètes maudits",[1] he was born to Louis Neveu and Marthe Bonnaud in Marseille. Having lost his family and job and having become an alcoholic, he lived as a hobo and dreamer [2][3] in Marseille sleeping in friends's studios, homeless shelters or psychiatric clinics (together with Artaud he went through electroshocks). Since 1947 he was a member of the French Communist Party. A few months before his death he came to Paris where he was found dead one day; the cause of his death remains unknown. His wallet contained only a piece of paper saying "without hair, without teeth, without money, without a woman, without an apartment etc." [4]

Selected bibliography

He worked with the famous review Les Cahiers du Sud and also with Action Poétique.

References and external links

  1. ↑ col. Bytosti schopné zemřít, pp. 65.
  2. ↑ Slavík, Ivan, Rozklenout srázné, p. 86; Olomouc 1993
  3. ↑ col. Bytosti schopné zemřít, pp. 65.
  4. ↑ Slavík, Ivan, Rozklenout srázné, p. 86; Olomouc 1993


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