Yves Salgues, (2 February 1924 – 4 April 1997) was a French journalist and writer.

Life

Born in Cazals, in the Lot, in turn reporter for

Paris Match ''Paris Match'' () is a French-language weekly gossip magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. ''Paris Match'' has been considered "one of the world's best outlets for photojournalism". ...

, editor of Jours de France and literary columnist in

Madame Figaro ''Madame Figaro'' () is a French magazine supplement to the Saturday edition of the daily newspaper , focusing on and catering to women. History and profile The first edition was published in 1980. ''Madame Figaro'' was spearheaded by Robert H ...

, he is the author of a collection of poems (''Les Chants de Nathanaël''. Salves is a recipient of the

Prix Guillaume Apollinaire The prix Guillaume Apollinaire is a French poetry prize first awarded in 1941. It was named in honour of French writer Guillaume Apollinaire. It annually recognizes a collection of poems for its originality and modernity. Members of the jury The ...

(1943), and also wrote artist biographies (

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) and novels, including an erotic tale entitled ''Miss Innocence'' (1956). In 1947 he published under the pseudonym of François Sauvage ''Plus près de toi'' in the sentimental collection Mélusine (Jean Froissart editions), along with

Antoine Blondin Antoine Blondin (; 11 April 1922 – 7 June 1991) was a French writer. He belonged to the literary group called the '' Hussards''. He was also a sports columnist in ''L'Équipe''. Blondin also wrote under the name Tenorio. Biography Blondin w ...

and Jacques Laurent. A former drug addict, he testifies to his struggle in his autobiographical accounts ''L'Héroïne : une vie'' (1987) and ''Le Testament d'un esclave'' (1991).Yves Salgues obituary
in ''

Le Monde (; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ...

'' Salgues died in

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris ...

at the age of 73.

Oeuvre

Poetry

* ''Statue de l'Amertume'' * ''Les Chants de Nathanaël''. (1944) * ''Bréviaire d'un Gitan'' (1945)

Novels

* ''La Disgrâce des Anges'' * ''Le Jeune Homme endormi''. (1946) * ''Un ange américain''. (1956) * ''Miss Innocence''. (1956) * ''Les Taches du soleil''. (1957) * ''Le Triangle éternel''. (1980) * ''L'Empire des serpents''.(1990) * ''Les Amants de la guerre''. (1994) * ''Dom Juan 40'' (1995)

Autobiographic tale

* ''L'Héroïne : une vie''.(1987) * ''Le Testament d'un esclave''. (1991) * ''La Drogue : le calvaire et la grâce''. (1994)

Biographies

* ''James Dean ou le Mal de vivre'' (1957) * ''L'or noir du Sahara : la pathétique aventure de Conrad Kilian'' (1958) * ''Charles Aznavour''. (1964) * ''Malraux'' (1971), in cooperation with * ''Salvatore Adamo'' (1975) * ''Gainsbourg ou la Provocation permanente''.'Gainsbourg ou la Provocation permanente''
on WorldCat(1991)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salgues, Yves 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French poets 20th-century French novelists French biographers People from Lot (department) 1924 births 1997 deaths Prix Guillaume Apollinaire winners