Jean Follain, 1903-1971. French author
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Finding-Aid for the Follain Papers [00201]Collection Description
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Born in Canisy (Handle), Jean Follain was initially associated with the “Sagesse” group. He wrote several collections of poems - Usage du temps (1943), Exister (1947), Tout instant (1957), Appareil de la terre (1964), Espaces d'instants (1971) – and several volumes of prose, such as Paris (1935), Canisy (1942), and Chef-Lieu (1950). Follain was a friend of Max Jacob, Andre Salmon, Jean Paulhan, Pierre Pussy, Armen Lubin, and Pierre Reverdy, and he collaborated in many journals, such as La Nouvelle Revue française, Commerce, Europe, Le Journal des Poètes, Les Cahiers des Saisons, etc. In 1970, he accepted the Grand Prize of Poetry from the French Academy for the whole of his oeuvre.
The materials in the Follain Collection consist of a letter, dated January 27, 1982, from Madeleine Follain to Heather McHugh, that includes an enclosed 4 p. mss. of Follain’s poems. There is also an 8x10 b&w 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.
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Follain, Jean, 1903-1971. French author