Roger-Arnould Rivière (21 March 1930 – 16 September 1959) was a French

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. Rivière was born in

Tarare Tarare is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies on the Turdine river, 28 miles west-northwest of Lyon by rail. History The city was founded at the beginning of the 12th century, as the priory of Tarare by the Savigny A ...

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. Despite not being unpopular among other people, he was disgusted with his looks (especially lips). His poetry both shows and hides this "ugliness". He was an admirer of

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and also

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, whose book he held in his hand when he committed suicide in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

by poisoning himself with gas.col. ''Bytosti schopné zemřít, p. 131''

Books

*''Masques pour une Ordalie'' (Paragraphes, ed. Millas-Martin, 1953) *''Poésies complètes'' (ed. Guy Chambelland, 1963; reprinted 1975), published after the author's death

References and external links

Roger-Arnould Rivière, PDF in French
1930 births 1959 suicides Poètes maudits 20th-century French poets French male poets 20th-century male writers 20th-century French male writers 1959 deaths Suicides by gas Suicides in France {{France-poet-stub