Born in Paris on April 11, 1922, died on June 7, 1991, the author of
Un singe en hiver
leaves behind him the image of a whimsical author and a poignant and melancholic work.
Back on the journey of a disenchanted poet.
He cut out newspaper articles on football players to stick them in his school notebook, appeared in the 800m under the colors of the PUC, claimed to have belonged to Racing (but his biographer, Alain Cresciucci, seriously doubts this ).
He was nevertheless a fervent defender of the latter,
"a club of the rich, hated by everyone... exposed to sarcasm and the animosity of the crowd... Even if there was only one spectator to applaud him , I would be the one!”
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He ran after the giants of sport as one runs after a friend, sometimes even a demi-god.
He made of their exploits an epic, a chanson de geste, a tale of chivalry.
He found among them, according to the expression of Jacques Goddet, "
the camaraderie on which this tender heart needed to lean
" .
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