Jean Milo was the pseudonym of Belgian author and artist Émile Van Gindertael. He was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode during 1906 and died in 1993 at Rixensart. He was also a painter, poet, essayist and novelist.

Biography

From 1926 to 1931, Jean Milo was the director of the Belgian Gallery ''Le Centaure''. As a painter, he was influential over Edgard Tytgat who wrote a biography about him. He helped found the ''

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'' group in 1952. Then, in 1980, he created a series of photo-collages which are now held by the Verbeke Foundation in Belgium.

Works

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: ''L'Étang de Malbourg'' *

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L'Esprit de famille ''L'Esprit de famille'' is a Belgian literature, Belgian novel by Jean Milo. It was first published in 1943. It won the Prix des Deux Magots in 1944. References

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1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

: ''Le Marteau''

Major Exhibitions

* 1986: A Retrospective exhibit in the

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References

* L. Haesaerts, ''Jean Milo'', Anvers : De Sikkel, 1954 (Collection : ''Monographies de l'art belge''). * ''Jean Milo, exposition rétrospective'', éditions des Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, 1986. 1993 deaths Prix des Deux Magots winners 1906 births People from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 20th-century Belgian painters {{Belgium-artist-stub