Alain Jouffroy Explained

Alain Jouffroy
Birth Date:1928 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Near Parc Montsouris, Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Occupation:Poet, writer
Awards:Prix Goncourt 2007

Alain Jouffroy (11 September 1928 – 20 December 2015) was a French writer, poet and artist.[1]

Jouffroy was born near Parc Montsouris, Paris. He was the first advocate of an Art Strike[2] and formed the L'Union des Ecrivains during the strikes of May 1968 in France with Jean-Pierre Faye. He was also a great influence on the Zanzibar Group—part of the French new wave who took part in the Paris demonstrations at this time.[3]

He won the Prix Goncourt for poetry in 2007.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967La collectionneuse Writer
1968Fun and Games for Everyone
1969Détruisez-vous (final film role)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: French surrealist poet Alain Jouffroy dies aged 87. 22 December 2015. Yahoo News.
  2. "What's to be done about art?" (included in "Art and Confrontation," New York Graphic Society 1968)
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/feb/09/books.guardianreview The new, new wave