Photo: Alécio de Andrade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁵

Pierre Seghers

French poet

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.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Pierre Seghers (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jan 5, 1906, died Nov 4, 1987.¹

Companies

Éditions SeghersFounder¹⁴

Career

Occupation: publisher, French resistance fighter, screenwriter, poet.⁶

Date not recordedFounded Seghers³
Date not recordedFounded Éditions Seghers⁴
Date not recordedFounded prix de la Crypte⁵

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Pierre Seghers (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

BornJan 5, 1906, 16th arrondissement of Paris⁷
DiedNov 4, 1987, Créteil⁸
CitizenshipFrance⁹
SpouseColette Seghers 1968 to 1987^{10 11}

Awards

1976International Botev Prize¹²
1959Prix Guillaume Apollinaire¹²
Date not recordedCommander of the Legion of Honour¹²
Date not recordedCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎¹²
Date not recordedOfficer of the Order of the Crown¹²
Date not recordedOfficer of the Order of the Southern Cross¹²
Date not recordedhonorary doctor of the University of St Andrews¹²

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataPierre Seghers on Wikidata
2
WikipediaPierre Seghers on Wikipedia
3
WikidataPierre Seghers: Founded Seghers, on Wikidata
4
WikidataPierre Seghers: Founded Éditions Seghers, on Wikidata
5
WikidataPierre Seghers: Founded prix de la Crypte, on Wikidata
6
WikidataPierre Seghers: occupation, on Wikidata
7
WikidataPierre Seghers: place of birth, on Wikidata
8
WikidataPierre Seghers: place of death, on Wikidata
9
WikidataPierre Seghers: citizenship, on Wikidata
10
WikidataPierre Seghers: spouse, on Wikidata
11
Wikidataspouse, as reported
12
WikidataPierre Seghers: award, on Wikidata
13
WikidataPierre Seghers: IMDb, on Wikidata
14
WikidataÉditions Seghers, Founder
15
Wikimedia CommonsPierre Seghers photo by Alécio de Andrade, CC BY-SA 3.0

Companies

Career

Personal life

Awards

Links

Sources