Marcel Thiry
Marcel Thiry (13 March 1897 – 5 September 1977) was a French-speaking Belgian poet. During World War I, he and his brother Oscar served in the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia.
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| Born | 13 March 1897 |
| Died | 5 September 1977 (aged 80) Vaux-sous-Chêvremont, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Occupation | poet |
He was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1976 for Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver, a book of poems reminiscent of Blaise Cendrars and Guillaume Apollinaire. He is the father of virologist Lise Thiry.
Main works
Poetry
- Le cœur et les sens (1919)
- Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver (1924), Prix Valery Larbaud
- Plongeantes Proues (1925)
- L'Enfant prodigue (1927)
- Statue de la fatigue Prix triennal de poésie 1934
- Marchands (1936)
- La Mer de la Tranquillité (1938)
- Âges (1950)
- Usine à penser des choses tristes (1957)
- Vie-Poésie (1961)
- Le Festin d'attente (1963)
- Le Jardin fixe (1969)
- Saison cinq et quatre proses (1969)
- L'Ego des neiges (1972)
- Songes et spélonques (1973)
- L'Encore (1975)
Novels and short stories
- Échec au temps (1945)
- Juste ou la Quête d'Hélène (1953)
- Comme si (1959)
- Nouvelles du Grand Possible (1960)
- Simul et autres cas (1963)
- Nondum jam non (1966)
Essays
- Voir grand (1921), essai politique
- Hitler n'est pas jeune (1940), pamphlet
- Lettre aux jeunes Wallons (1960), essai politique
- Le Poème et la langue (1967), essai littéraire
References
- France, Peter (Ed.) (1995). The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-866125-8.
External links
- (in French) Marcel Thiry on wallonie-en-ligne.net
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