Paul Nougé
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Born | Philosopher, Poet, Photographer | 13 February 1895
Paul Nougé (12 February 1895 – 6 November 1967) was a Belgian poet, founder and theoretician of surrealism in Belgium, sometimes known as the "Belgian Breton".
Biography
Born of a French father who originated from the Charent region in France and a Belgian mother, Paul Nougé attended a French school in Brussels studying Biological Chemistry and worked as a Biochemist in a medical laboratory from 1919 to 1953. He became a founding member of the first
In 1927 Nougé composed plagiarised examples of a grammar book of Clarisse Juranville, illustrated with five drawings by Magritte. In 1928 he founded the magazine Distances and wrote the poem catalogue of a fur trader that was illustrated by Magritte entitled Le catalogue Samuel (re-edited by Didier Devillez, Brussels, 1996). He also wrote the preface of a Magritte exhibition at the gallery "L'époque" (signed by his 'accomplices' Goemans, Mesens, Lecomte, Scutenaire and Souris) and delivered in January 1929 to
In 1931 he wrote the preface to an exhibition which followed the return of Magritte to Brussels. Extracts from "Images défendues" were published in 1933 in issue number 5 of Surréalisme au service de la Révolution. In 1934 Nougé co-signed "L'action immédiate" in Documents 34, edited by Mesens. In 1935 "Le Couteau dans la plaie" ('The Knife in the Wound') was published and in 1936, René Magritte ou la révélation objective was published in "Les Beaux-Arts" in Brussels. In that same year, Nougé, along with Mesens, organised the exclusion of Souris from the group.Nougé was mobilised in 1939 in
Paul Nougé died in Brussels on 6 November 1967.
A number of his poems have been translated into English by Robert Archambeau and Jean-Luc Garneau, and appear in the poetry magazine Samizdat.
Selective bibliography
- Histoire de ne pas rire, Les Lèvres nues, Brussels, 1956; L'Âge d'homme, Lausanne, 1980.
- L'Expérience continue, Les Lèvres nues, Brussels, 1966; L'Âge d'homme, Lausanne, 1981.
- Journal (1941-1950), Les Lèvres nues, Brussels, 1968; Didier Devillez Editor, Brussels, 1995.
- From 1973 numerous unpublished texts by Nougé were published by Tom Gutt in "Le Vocatif".
- Des mots à la rumeur publique, Lausanne, L'Âge d'homme, 1983.
- Erotiques, Didier Devillez editor, Brussels, 1994.
- Journal 1941-1950, Didier Devillez editor, Brussels, 1995.
- Quelques lettres, Didier Devillez editor, Brussels, 1995.
- Paul Nougé, René Magritte, Le catalogue Samuel, prefaced by Tom Gutt, Brussels, Didier Devillez, 1996.
- René Magritte (in extenso), Didier Devillez editor, Brussels, 1997.
- Fragments, Didier Devillez editor, Brussels, 1997.
- La Musique est dangereuse, writings around music, compiled and presented by Robert Wangermée, Didier Devillez editor, Brussels, 2001.
Re-issued journals
- Correspondance (1924-1925), Brussels, Didier Devillez, "Fac Similé", 1993
- Marie, Journal bimensuel pour la belle jeunesse (1926-1927), Brussels, Didier Devillez, "Fac Similé", 1993.
About Nougé
- André Souris, Paul Nougé et ses complices in "Entretiens sur le surréalisme", under the direction of Ferdinand Alquié, Mouton, Paris-La Haye, 1968.
- Christian Bussy, Anthologie du surréalisme en Belgique, Paris, Gallimard, 1972.
- Marcel Mariën, L'activité surréaliste en Belgique (1924-1950), Brussels, Lebeer-Hossmann, 1979.
- René Magritte et le surréalisme en Belgique, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, 1982.
- Le mouvement surréaliste à Bruxelles et en Wallonie (1924-1947), Paris, Centre Culturel Wallonie Brussels, 1988.
- Olivier Smolders, Paul Nougé, Écriture et caractère. À l'école de la ruse, Labor, Brussels, 1995.
- Christine de Naeyer, Paul Nougé et la photographie, Brussels, Didier Devillez, 1995.
- Irène, Scut, Magritte & Co, Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, 1996, 558 p.
See also
- Surrealism in Belgium (in French)
References
- ^ British Journal of Art "The real deal - British Journal of Photography". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011
- ^ Edinburgh Guide http://www.edinburghguide.com/photos/lajongleuse Retrieved 22 March 2011
External links
- In 1927 René Magritte painted a picture entitled Paul Nougé (Legacy Irène Scutenaire-Hamoir at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium) [1]
- Archives and Museum of Literature (in French)