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Pierre Seghers (5 January 1906, Paris - 4 November 1987, Créteil) was a French poet and editor. During the Second World War he took part in the French Resistance movement.
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).
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.
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Poetry
Bonne-Espérance, Éditions de la Tour, 1939Pour les quatre saisons, Poésie 42Le chien de pique, Ides et Calendes, 1943Le domaine public Poésie 45 et Pariseau MontréalJeune fille, Éditions Seghers, 1947Menaces de mort, La presse à bras, 1948Six poèmes pour Véronique, Poésie 50Poèmes choisis, Éditions Seghers, 1952Le Cœur-Volant, Les Écrivains réunis, 1954Racines, Interc. du Livre, 1956Les pierres, Interc. du Livre, 1956Chansons et complaintes, Tome I, Éditions Seghers, 1959Chansons et complaintes, Tome II, Éditions Seghers, 1961Piranèse, Éditions Ides et Calendes, 1961Chansons et complaintes, Tome III, Éditions Seghers, 1964Dialogue, 1965Dis-moi, Ma vie, 1973Le Temps des merveilles, Éditions Seghers, 1978Prose
Richaud du Combat, Stols, 1944L'Homme du commun,Poèsie 44Considérations, ou Histoires sous la langue, Collection des 150La Résistance et ses poètes, 1940-1945, Seghers 1974