Jean Follain Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 4, Folder: 21

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf054

Staff Only

Autograph letter signed from Madeleine Follain to Heather McHugh. Enclosed is a 4 page manuscript of Jean Follain poems. 2 pages.

8x10 black and white photograph, Le Pont des Arts (Paris) by Andre Kertesz; with a signed permission form permitting use of the photo on the jacket of D'Apres Tout: Poems by Jean Follain, translated by Heather McHugh.

Dates

Creation: 1982

Creator

Follain, Jean, 1903-1971 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

2.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Jean Follain (August 29, 1903 – March 10, 1971) was a French author, poet and corporate lawyer. Follain was born in the small town of Canisy, south of Saint-Lô where he spent his childhood. In 1921, he began studying law at Faculte de Caen. For health reasons he was exempted from military service. In 1927, he passed his bar exams in Paris and started attending the meetings of the group "Sagesse" ("Wisdom") where he made the acquaintance of André Salmon, Pierre Reverdy, Pierre Mac Orlan and Max Jacob. In 1933, he published his first collection with Eugène Guillevic and Pierre Albert-Birot. He was also a contributor to many journals, such as La Nouvelle Revue française, Commerce, Europe, Le Journal des Poètes and Les Cahiers des Saisons.