Jacob, Max, 1876-1944

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Dates:
Birth 1876-07-12
Death 1944-03-05
French,
French,

Biographical notes:

Max Jacob, poet and artist.

From the description of Chemin de croix, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702164330

From the description of Chemin de croix, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83632227

From the description of Meditations on religious themes, holograph ca. 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702144902

Max Jacob, friend of Picasso and dedicaté of André Malraux's first book, was a French fantasist, the author of prose poems and verse vaguely surreal in content. He died in a Nazi prison in 1944.

From the description of Max Jacob manuscript fragments, and letters to Roger Toulouse, 1919-1928. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40758104

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  • Art
  • Arts, French
  • Hell
  • Meditation
  • Poets, French
  • Stations of the Cross

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