Robert Vigneau


Robert Jean Pierre Vigneau was a French expressionist poet. He published nine collections of poems, in major publishing houses. His most famous poems are those he wrote for the youth.
Vigneau was also a draftsman: he published two books of drawings, and exhibited periodically, in Japan and France.
The poem Jehan l'Advenu by, known for being sung by Georges Brassens, is dedicated to "Robert et Marie-Hélène Vigneau" in the Œuvres poétiques 1923-1973 by Norge, Séghers, 1978, p. 611.
Born in Nice on 26 August 1933, he died in Cannes on 18 August 2022, at the age of 88.

Works

;Poetry
  • 1953: L'Ange et l'accordéon,
  • 1963: Il,
  • 1972: Naigreries, Ravindra Press
  • 1975: Cartes indiennes, La Main d'Hélène
  • 1979: Articles sur catalogues, Prouvaires
  • 1979: Bucolique followed by Élégiaque, Éditions Gallimard
  • 2000: Bestiaire à Marie, Nathan, 1985, éditions éoliennes
  • 1997: Botaniques, éditions éoliennes
  • 2005: Planches d'anatomie, Adana Venci & éditions éoliennes
  • 2009: Une vendange d'innocents, Maison de la Poésie
;Texts and drawings
;Drawings
  • 1978: Œufs, Adana Venci
  • 2001: Entrée des créatures, Adana Venci
  • 2014: Éros au potager, Adana Venci