Michel Ragon Explained

Michel Ragon
Birth Date:24 June 1924
Birth Place:Marseille, France
Death Place:Suresnes, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Writer
Art critic

Michel Ragon (24 June 1924 – 14 February 2020) was a French art and literature critic and writer.[1] His primary focus was on anarchic and libertarian literature.

Biography

Ragon was born into a poor family on 24 June 1924 in Marseille, but spent much of his childhood in Fontenay-le-Comte. After his father died when he was eight, Ragon moved to Nantes with his mother. Here, he discovered the works of Victor Hugo, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jules Verne, Andre Gide, and others. He discovered a passion for arts at the Musée d'Arts de Nantes, as well as classical music at the Théâtre Graslin. In 1943, at age 19, Ragon met the poets of the École de Rochefort, such as Jean Bouhier and René-Guy Cadou, as well as painter James Guitet. Due to his writings, he was wanted by the Gestapo, but escaped before he was to be captured. He returned to Nantes in 1944, but left for Paris the following year.

It was in Paris where Ragon became a renowned modern art and literature critic. He would often travel, writing reports for the World Health Organization. He also curated exhibitions, such as the 1967 São Paulo Art Biennial and the 1968 Venice Biennale. He would give lectures at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, thanks to André Malraux, and directed collections at Casterman.

Ragon was a visiting professor at the Université de Montréal in 1970, even though he only had his Certificat d'études primaires. Afterwards, he became a professor at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. He earned a doctorate at Sorbonne University in 1975 after not taking a single course for 50 years.[2] He retired in 1985.

Michel Ragon died on 14 February 2020 at the age of 95.[3]

Publications

Poetry

Novels

On Libertarianism

Travel Stories

Interviews

Art Critiques

Architecture Critiques

Humorous Drawings

Monographs

Articles

Tributes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vendée. L'écrivain Michel Ragon, auteur des " Mouchoirs rouges de Cholet ", est décédé. 14 February 2020. Ouest France. fr.
  2. Web site: Michel Ragon, La Cité de l'An 2000. 27 June 2012. ArchéoSF. fr.
  3. Web site: Michel Ragon, critique d'art et romancier, est mort. 15 February 2020. Le Monde. fr.
  4. Web site: Une insolite amitié. March 2000. Le Magazine Littéraire. fr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401025653/http://www.magazine-litteraire.com/mensuel/385/insolite-amitie-01-03-2000-20343. 1 April 2016.
  5. Web site: Michel Ragon, critique d'art et d'architecture. 13 July 2010. Institut national d'histoire de l'art. fr.
  6. Book: Leeman. Richard. Jannière. Hélène. 2013. Michel Ragon critique d'art et d'architecture. fr. Rennes. Presses universitaires de Rennes. 978-2-7535-2205-3.
  7. Web site: Conversation autour de "Michel Ragon, critique d'art et d'architecture", Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, 25 septembre 2014. 25 September 2014. Cité de l'Architecture & du Patrimoné. fr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175037/http://www.citechaillot.fr/data/cite_4664f/fiche/24435/4_pages_conversation_autour_de_michel_ragon_62e0f.pdf. 3 March 2016.
  8. Web site: Exposition "Villes visionnaires-hommage à Michel Ragon", Frac Centre, Orléans, du 19 septembre 2014 au 22 février 2015. FRAC Centre-Val-de-Loire. fr.

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