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French poet born at Sainte-Reine de Bretagne, died in Louisfert (region of Loire-Atlantique). He was the son of a teacher. His mother died in 1932, and his father died in 1940. As a young freelance teacher, he went from village to village across the region of Charente, and he began to write poetry. He was friends with Pierre Reverdy, Jean Follain and Max Jacob. With other poets (Marcel Béalu, Luc Bérimont, Guillevic), he founded a school at Rochefort. During the 1940s, he published several books of poetry including Morte-Saison (1941), Bruits du cœur et Lila du soir (1942), La vie rêvée (1944), Les Visages de solitudes (1947) and Les Biens de ce monde (1951). He died from an illness at the age of 31. His poetry is marked by nostalgia and an exploration of childhood, and testifies to “the passing of man and his eternity”. He paints in turbulent colours but retains a simple lyrical quality in writing poetry about nature and her essential rhythms.