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Gérald Neveu
French writer (1921-1960) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 38
Gérald Neveu was a French poet. Called by some "one of the gentlest poètes maudits", he was born to Louis Neveu and Marthe Bonnaud in Marseille.
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About this person
Having lost his family and job and having become an alcoholic, he lived as a hobo and dreamer in Marseille sleeping in friends' studios, homeless shelters or psychiatric clinics. Since 1947 he was a member of the French Communist Party. In 1950 he befriended Jean Malrieu with whom he created the magazine Action poétique. 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."
