Gérald Neveu (August 10, 1921, Marseille - February 28, 1960, Paris) was a French poet. Called by some "one of the gentlest poètes maudits",col. Bytosti schopné zemřít, pp. 65. he was born to Louis Neveu and Marthe Bonnaud in Marseille. Having lost his family and job and having become an alcoholic, he lived as a hobo and dreamer Slavík, Ivan, Rozklenout srázné, p. 86; Olomouc 1993col. Bytosti schopné zemřít, pp. 65. in Marseille sleeping in friends' studios, homeless shelters or psychiatric clinics (together with Artaud he went through electroshocks). Since 1947 he was a member of the French Communist Party. In 1950 he befriended Jean Malrieu with whom he created the magazine Action poétique. A few months before his death he came to Paris where he was found dead one day; the cause of his death remains unknown. His wallet contained only a piece of paper saying "without hair, without teeth, without money, without a woman, without an apartment etc."Slavík, Ivan, Rozklenout srázné, p. 86; Olomouc 1993
Selected bibliography He worked with the famous review Les Cahiers du Sud and also with Action Poétique.
1960: Les Sept commandements 1967: Fournaise obscure 1973: Une solitude essentielle 1992: Poèmes 1945-1960 1993: Comme les loups vont au désir : toujours pour toi, Éditions Comp'act, Seyssel
References and external links
Gérald Neveu, in French