Robert Vigneau

Robert Jean Pierre Vigneau (26 August 1933 – 18 August 2022) was a French expressionist poet. He published nine collections of poems, in major publishing houses (Gallimard, Seghers ...). His most famous poems are those he wrote for the youth (The Whale... two of his books were recommended by the Éducation nationale française).

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 1995: La Guerre de cinquante ans, À hélice

Drawings 1978: Œufs, Adana Venci 2001: Entrée des créatures, Adana Venci 2014: Éros au potager, Adana Venci