Ivan Chtcheglov
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Ivan Vladimirovitch Chtcheglov (Russian: Ива́н Влади́мирович Щегло́в; 16 January 1933 – 21 April 1998), also known as Gilles Ivain, was a French political theorist, activist and poet, born in Paris to Russian parents.
Biography
Family background
Ivan was the son of Vladimir Chtcheglov, a revolutionary sentenced to two years imprisonment following the
Activities
Ivan wrote Formulaire pour un urbanisme nouveau (Formulary for a New Urbanism) in 1953, at age nineteen under the name Gilles Ivain, which was an inspiration to the
"And you, forgotten, your memories ravaged by all the consternations of two hemispheres, stranded in the Red Cellars of Pali-Kao, without music and without geography, no longer setting out for the hacienda where the roots think of the child and where the wine is finished off with fables from an old almanac. That’s all over. You’ll never see the hacienda. It doesn’t exist.
The hacienda must be built."[1]
He and his friend Henry de Béarn planned to blow up the
Further reading
- Apostolidès, Jean-Marie; Donné, Boris (2006). Ivan Chtcheglov, profil perdu. Paris: Allia. ISBN 978-2-84485-215-1.
References
- ^ Chtcheglov, Ivan. "Formulary for a New Urbanism (Ivan Chtcheglov)". www.bopsecrets.org. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ HUSSEY, A. (2002) The Game of War: The Life and Death of Guy Debord, London, Pimlico. p.51
- ^ HUSSEY, A. (2002) The Game of War: The Life and Death of Guy Debord, London, Pimlico. p.94
