About Max Loreau
Lived 1928 – 1990 (aged 61). Max Loreau was a Belgian philosopher, poet, art critic and writer.
Max Loreau (7 June 1928 – 7 January 1990) was a 20th-century Belgian philosopher, poet and art critic.
Life and career Born in Brussels, Max Loreau was a professor of modern philosophy at the University of Brussels.
He was interested in a number of movements ranging from the Renaissance to Cobra. His work focused on artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Guillaume Corneille, and Asger Jorn. A comprehensive study of the logograms by Christian Dotremont was published in 1975; Loreau also worked with Pierre Alechinsky, who helped him to publish L'Épreuve. He died in 1990.
Loreau's philosophy is rooted primarily in phenomenology.
Publications 1966: (essay). 1967: . 1967: (poems). 1971: (tirage limité). 1973: (essay). 1973: (essay). 1975: 1976: (short stories). 1977: (poems). 1980: (essay). 1980: (essay) 1986: (poems). 1987: (essay) 1989: (essay) 1990: (poems). Posthumous : 1997: 1998: 2001: (essay) 2005: 2005: Poemes-Poesie, Prefazione e traduzione italiana con testo a fronte di Adriano Marchetti, Campanotto Editore, Pasian di Prato, 2012.. L’Epreuve-La prova, prefazione e traduzione italiana con testo a fronte, a cura di Adriano Marchetti, Panozzo Editore, Rimini, 2010. Opera da camera-Dans l’Éclat du Moment et Le Matin d’Orphé, Prefazione di Michel Deguy, Introduzione e traduzione italiana di Adriano Marchetti, Panozzo Editore, Rimini, 2005
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Belgian philosopher (1928-1990)
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Max Loreau was born on 7 June 1928.
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Max Loreau died on 7 January 1990.
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Max Loreau was a philosopher, poet, art critic and writer.
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Max Loreau was Belgian.
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