Roger Rabiniaux (3 December 1914 – 27 October 1986Notice « Bellion (Roger, Nicolas, Pierre) » (né en 1914), pages 78 et 79 ''in'' René Bargeton, ''Dictionnaire biographique des préfets'' (septembre 1870mai 1982), Paris,

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, 1994, 555 pages, 26 cm .) was a French writer and poet.

Biography

Rabiniaud was a pupil at the lycée of

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and at

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of Sceaux,

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. A teacher after having studied literature and law, then public works official (1940–1942), he was an editor in the Office of the Secretary of State for Communications

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. He engaged into the

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and entered the prefectural administration of

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in 1942. He published poems in various literary magazines before publishing the five volumes of ''Un jeune homme des années trente'' - including ''Le Soleil des dortoirs'' - and manifested himself brilliantly in 1951 by publishing ''L'Honneur de Pédonzigue'', a book sponsored by

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and

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.Patrick Berthomeau, ''Magazine littéraire'', , octobre 1989, He was a member of the , the Académie Rabelais, laureate of the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire for ''Les Faubourgs du ciel'' (1942), of the

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for ''Les Enragées de Cornebourg'' (1957), and the

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for ''Le Soleil des dortoirs'' (1965).

Works

*1951: ''L'Honneur de Pédonzigue'', preface by

, Corréâ *1952: ''Les Vertus craboncrague'', *1957: ''Les Enragées de Cornebourg'', *1958: ''Impossible d'être abject'', Buchet/Chastel *1964: ''Les Rues de Levallois'', Buchet/Chastel *1966: ''À la chaleur des hommes'', Buchet/Chastel *1971: ''La Bataille de Saumur'', Buchet-Chastel *1973: ''Les Bonheurs de la guerre'', Buchet/Chastel *1978: ''La Fin de Pédonzigue'', Simoën

References

External links

Article consacré à Roger Rabiniaux sur le site ''Le Matricule des Anges''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rabiniaux, Roger 20th-century French poets Lycée Lakanal alumni Prix Guillaume Apollinaire winners 1914 births People from Levallois-Perret 1986 deaths