Marc-Adolphe Guégan (1891–1959) was a French journalist and poet who was an early exponent of Japanese
haiku
is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 Mora (linguistics), morae (called ''On (Japanese prosody), on'' in Japanese) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern; that include a ''kire ...
in the French language.
He lived on the
ÃŽle d'Yeu
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in the Atlantic.
He was a friend of
Claude Cahun
Claude Cahun (, born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob; 25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer.
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(née Lucy Schwob) and
Suzanne Malherbe (artist name: Marcel Moore), with whom he collaborated on two books.
An exhibition about his life and work was held during July–August 2009 on the île d'Yeu.
[http://www.ouest-france.fr/2009/07/20/l-ile-d-yeu/Exposition-autour-de-Marc-Adolphe-Guegan--56456545.html]
Bibliography
* ''L'Invitation à la fête primitive'' (1921), with a triptych, "les Trois Epoques", by
Marcel Moore – poetry
* ''Oya-Insula ou l'Enfant à la conque'' (1923), prints by Marcel Moore – poetry
* ''Trois petits tours et puis s'en vont'' (1924) – poetry
* ''Mystique des tempêtes'' (1927) – poetry
* ''Marc-Adolphe Guégan, poète de l'Île d'Yeu'' (2009) by
Jean-François Henry
References
1891 births
1959 deaths
French male poets
20th-century French poets
20th-century French male writers
French male non-fiction writers
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