Gilbert Prouteau (14 June 1917 – 2 August 2012) was a French

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and

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. He was born in Nesmy,

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. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the

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for his "Rythme du Stade" ("Rhythm of the Stadium"). At the beginning of the 1990s he was, with

Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Primarily living in Paris, he is the author of numerous books and one of the national leaders of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CEDI), a ...

, one of the writers contributing to the French magazine ''L'Amateur d'Art''.

Selected works

* ''Rythme du Stade'', Lugdunum, 1942 (poems) * ''La part du vent'', Ariane, 1947 (poems) * ''Anthologie des textes sportifs de la littérature'', Défense de la France, 1948 * ''Saison blanche'', Amiot Dumont, 1951 * ''Le Sexe des Anges'', Grasset, 1952 * ''La peur des femmes'', Grasset, 1959 * ''Immortelle Vendée'', Les productions de Paris, 1959 * ''Retour aux sources'', Editions Hérault, 1960 * ''Les Dieux meurent le matin'', Grasset, 1962 (A collection relating the tragic deaths of ten poets). * ''Le machin'', La Table Ronde, 1965 * ''Tout est dans la fin'', Robert Laffont, 1971 * ''Comme un vol de corbeaux'', La Table Ronde, 1977 * ''Le Dernier Défi de

Georges Clemenceau Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (, also , ; 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A key figure of the Independent Radicals, he was a ...

'', France Empire, 1979 * ''Le grand roman de

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: sa vie'', Stock, 1979 * ''Sept morts d'amour'', Hachette, 1981 * ''Les miroirs de la perversité'', Albin Michel, 1984 * ''La Nuit de l'île d'Aix ou le Crépuscule d'un dieu'', Albin Michel, 1985 * ''

Gilles de Rais Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais (), was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later convi ...

ou la Gueule du loup'', Editions du Rocher, 1992 * ''La bataille de Cholet ou la guerre en sabots'', Editions du Rocher, 1993 * ''Le fabuleux secret de l'alchimiste :

Nicolas Flamel Nicolas Flamel (; 1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French scribe and manuscript-seller. After his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an alchemist believed to have created and discovered the philosopher's stone and to have thereby achieved im ...

prophète ou imposteur'', Bartillat, 1994 * ''Je te dis qu’il faut vivre'', Editions Hérault, 1998 * ''Monsieur l'instituteur'', Albin Michel, 2000 * ''

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vendéen'', Mosée, 2002 * ''Les Soleils de minuit'', Editions Hérault, 2003 * '' Rabelais en Vendée'', D'Orbestier, 2004 * ''Les Orgues d’Hélène'', Écho Optique, 2007 (poems) * ''Le Roman de la

Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

'', Geste, 2010 * ''Les mots de passe'', Editions du Petit Pavé, 2013

Filmography

* ''La Vie passionnée de

'' (1953) * ''Dieu a choisi

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

'' (1969), with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prouteau, Gilbert 1917 births 2012 deaths People from Vendée Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions French male poets 20th-century French poets French directors Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) Prix Sainte-Beuve winners Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics 20th-century French male writers Olympic competitors in art competitions

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