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Henri Michaux (French: [miʃo]; 24 May 1899 – 19 October 1984) was a Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter. Michaux is best known for his poetry and prose, especially his texts chronicling his psychedelic experiments with LSD and mescaline which include Miserable Miracle and The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones,[1] as well as his idiosyncratic travelogues and books of art criticism.

Henri Michaux
Born(1899-05-24)24 May 1899
Namur, Belgium
Died19 October 1984(1984-10-19) (aged 85)
Paris, France
OccupationPoet, journalist and painter
CitizenshipBelgian, French (from 1955)
GenreSurrealism, asemic writing
Notable worksMy Properties (1929); Plume (1938); Miserable Miracle: Mescaline (1956).

Biography



Travels


In 1930 and 1931, Michaux visited Japan, China and India. The result of this trip was the book A Barbarian in Asia.[2][3][4] Asian culture became one of his biggest influences. The philosophy of Buddhism and calligraphy later became principal subjects of many of his poems and inspired many of his drawings. He also visited Ecuador and published a travelogue book of the same name.[5] His travels across the Americas finished in Brazil in 1939, and he stayed there for two years.

Michaux is also known for his stories about Plume – "a peaceful man" – perhaps the most unenterprising hero in the history of literature, and his many misfortunes. In 1955 he became a citizen of France,[6] and he lived the rest of his life there along with his family. He became a friend of Romanian pessimist philosopher and French citizen Emil Cioran around the same time.[7] In 1965 he won the grand prix national des Lettres, which he refused to accept.


Visual arts


Michaux was an idiosyncratic visual artist, associated with the Tachiste movement in the 1940s and 50s. His work often makes use of dense, suggestively gestural strokes that incorporates elements of calligraphy, asemic writing, and abstract expressionism. The Museum of Modern Art in Paris and the Guggenheim Museum in New York both had major shows of his work in 1978.


See also


L'Infini turbulent


Bibliography



References


  1. Paz, Octavio (9 August 2002). "Journeys into the Abyss". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. Archived 26 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine "A Barbarian in Asia". Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. Archived 26 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine "A Barbarian in Asia". 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  4. Archived 6 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine "The World of Michaux". Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. Archived 26 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine "Ecuador". Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. Archived 26 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine "Henri Michaux, French painter and poet". Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  7. "Emil Cioran – A Century of Writers (1999) | Türkçe Altyazılı – YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.




На других языках


[de] Henri Michaux

Henri Michaux (* 24. Mai 1899 in Namur (Belgien); † 19. Oktober 1984 in Paris) war ein französischsprachiger Dichter und Maler.
- [en] Henri Michaux

[es] Henri Michaux

Henri Michaux (Namur, Bélgica, 24 de mayo de 1899-París, 19 de octubre de 1984) fue un poeta y pintor de origen belga, nacionalizado francés.

[fr] Henri Michaux

Henri Michaux, né le 24 mai 1899 à Namur et mort le 19 octobre 1984 à Paris[1], est un écrivain, poète et peintre belge d'expression française naturalisé français en 1955.

[it] Henri Michaux

Henri Michaux (Namur, 24 maggio 1899 – Parigi, 19 ottobre 1984) è stato uno scrittore, poeta e pittore belga naturalizzato francese nel 1955. La sua opera è spesso posta in relazione con la corrente del tardo surrealista sebbene, tuttavia, egli non abbia mai fatto parte del movimento; successivamente è stato accostato da Octavio Paz[1] alla letteratura psichedelica, per i suoi testi ispirati ai suoi esperimenti con LSD e mescalina, precedenti all'esplosione di tale movimento negli anni sessanta.

[ru] Мишо, Анри (поэт)

Анри Мишо (фр. Henri Michaux; 24 мая 1899, Намюр, Бельгия — 19 октября 1984, Париж) — французский поэт и художник с валлонскими, немецкими, испанскими корнями.



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