Marcel Martinet (

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

, 22 August 1887 –

Saumur Saumur () is a Communes of France, commune in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department in western France. The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgu ...

, 18 February 1944) was a French pacifist socialist revolutionary militant and a prolétarian writer.

Life

Martinet, a Communist and pacifist, opposed the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

from its outset: his antiwar poems ''Les temps maudits'' were banned in France during the war, but circulated secretly: helped by Marguerite Rosmer, he sent copies on thin paper to soldiers at the front.Ian Birchall, 'Introduction', Victor Serge, ''Revolution In Danger'', Haymarket Books, 2011, p. 4 ''La Maison à l'Abri'', a novel about the

, was runner-up for the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...

in 1919. Michael Rosen
Europe's charnel house
(review of George Paizis, ''Marcel Martinet: poet of the revolution''), ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'', 2 February 2008 Martinet's poem ''La Nuit'', completed in 1919, was published in 1922 with a preface by

Leon Trotsky Lev Davidovich Bronstein ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky,; ; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky'' was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist. He was a key figure ...

,Stephen Eric Bronner and Douglas Kellner, ''Passion and rebellion: the expressionist heritage'', Taylor & Francis, 1983, p. 119 whom Martinet had befriended when Trotsky was in Paris. Martinet's series ''Les Cahiers du Travail'' abour Notebookspublished pamphlets by

Victor Serge Victor Serge (; born Viktor Lvovich Kibalchich, ; 30 December 1890 – 17 November 1947) was a Belgian-born Russian revolutionary, novelist, poet, historian, journalist, and translator. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Bolsheviks in Janu ...

. His son was the surgeon Jean-Daniel Martinet.

Works

* ''Les temps maudits; poèmes, 1914-1918'', 1918 * ''La Maison à l'Abri'' * ''Culture prolétarienne'', 1935 * ''Correspondance croiseé : 1932-1944'', Bassac: Plein Chant, 1987.

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* Nicole Racine
Marcel Martinet (1887-1944)
Writers from Dijon 1887 births 1944 deaths 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French poets 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French pacifists French socialists Proletarian literature French male poets {{France-writer-stub

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