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Gilbert Prouteau

Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (died 2012)

Born
June 14, 1917
Died
August 2, 2012
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1917

About Gilbert Prouteau

Gilbert Prouteau (14 June 1917 – 2 August 2012) was a French poet and film director. He was born in Nesmy, Vendée. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade" ("Rhythm of the Stadium"). At the beginning of the 1990s he was, with Jean-Pierre Thiollet, one of the writers contributing to the French magazine L'Amateur d'Art. == Selected works == Rythme du Stade, Lugdunum, 1942 (poems) La part du vent, Ariane, 1947 (poems) Anthologie des textes sportifs de la littérature, Défense de la France, 1948 Saison blanche, Amiot Dumont, 1951 Le Sexe des Anges, Grasset, 1952 La peur des femmes, Grasset, 1959 Immortelle Vendée, Les productions de Paris, 1959 Retour aux sources, Editions Hérault, 1960 Les Dieux meurent le matin, Grasset, 1962 (A collection relating the tragic deaths of ten poets). Le machin, La Table Ronde, 1965 Tout est dans la fin, Robert Laffont, 1971 Comme un vol de corbeaux, La Table Ronde, 1977 Le Dernier Défi de Georges Clemenceau, France Empire, 1979 Le grand roman de Jules Verne: sa vie, Stock, 1979 Sept morts d'amour, Hachette, 1981 Les miroirs de la perversité, Albin Michel, 1984 La Nuit de l'île d'Aix ou le Crépuscule d'un dieu, Albin Michel, 1985 Gilles de Rais ou la Gueule du loup, Editions du Rocher, 1992 La bataille de Cholet ou la guerre en sabots, Editions du Rocher, 1993 Le fabuleux secret de l'alchimiste: Nicolas Flamel prophète ou imposteur, Bartillat, 1994 Je te dis qu’il faut vivre, Editions Hérault, 1998 Monsieur l'instituteur, Albin Michel, 2000 Victor Hugo vendéen, Mosée, 2002 Les Soleils de minuit, Editions Hérault, 2003 Rabelais en Vendée, D'Orbestier, 2004 Les Orgues d’Hélène, Écho Optique, 2007 (poems) Le Roman de la Vendée, Geste, 2010 Les mots de passe, Editions du Petit Pavé, 2013 == Filmography == La Vie passionnée de Georges Clemenceau (1953) Dieu a choisi Paris (1969), with Jean-Paul Belmondo == Further reading == Chastagnol, Jean, ed. (1980). Le Roman d'un rebelle, Gilbert Prouteau. Paris: Diffusion De Vecchi. ISBN 978-2-8625-2024-7.

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Career and life highlights

Gilbert Prouteau timeline

  1. Gilbert Prouteau (14 June 1917 – 2 August 2012) was a French poet and film director.
  2. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade" ("Rhythm of the Stadium").
  3. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade".

The world when Gilbert Prouteau was born

Gilbert Prouteau was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Gilbert Prouteau's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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