Yves Salgues
Yves Salgues, (2 February 1924 – 4 April 1997)[1] was a French journalist and writer.
Life
Born in Cazals, in the Lot, in turn reporter for Paris Match, editor of Jours de France and literary columnist in Madame Figaro, he is the author of a collection of poems (Les Chants de Nathanaël. Salves is a recipient of the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (1943), and also wrote artist biographies (Charles Aznavour, Serge Gainsbourg, James Dean) and novels, including an erotic tale entitled Miss Innocence (1956).[1] In 1947 he published under the pseudonym of François Sauvage Plus près de toi in the sentimental collection Mélusine (Jean Froissart editions), along with Antoine Blondin and Jacques Laurent.
A former drug addict, he testifies to his struggle in his autobiographical accounts L'Héroïne : une vie (1987)[2] and Le Testament d'un esclave (1991).[1]
Salgues died in Boulogne-Billancourt at the age of 73.[1]
Oeuvre
Poetry
- Statue de l'Amertume
- Les Chants de Nathanaël.[3] (1944)
- Bréviaire d'un Gitan (1945)
Novels
Autobiographic tale
References
- Yves Salgues obituary in Le Monde
- Final edition revised and expanded, LGF, Le Livre de Poche n°6484, 1988
- Les Chants de Nathanaël on GoogleBooks
- Le Jeune Homme endormi on WorldCat
- Un ange américain on WorldCat
- Miss Innocence on WorldCat
- Les taches du soleil : roman on WorldCat
- Le Triangle éternel on WorldCat
- L'Empire des serpents on WorldCat
- Les Amants de la guerre on WorldCCat
- L'Héroïne : une vie on WorldCat
- Le Testament d'un esclave on WorldCat
- La Drogue : le calvaire et la grâce on WorldCat
- Charles Aznavour on WorldCat
- ''Gainsbourg ou la Provocation permanente on WorldCat