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
- 1995: La Guerre de cinquante ans, À hélice
- 1978: Œufs, Adana Venci
- 2001: Entrée des créatures, Adana Venci
- 2014: Éros au potager, Adana Venci