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Portrait de Max Jacob

Max Jacob

Max Jacob, born July 12, 1876 in Quimper and died March 5, 1944 in Drancy, is a modernist poet and novelist but also a French painter.


Resources

Images and portraits

A century of writers - Max Jacob - video

A life, a work - Max Jacob

Association Les Amis de Max Jacob

The Max Jacob Notebooks - Perseus

The list of Max Jacob Notebooks, with access to many pages

Jean Paulhan, Max Jacob, Gaston Gallimard: from reader to editor. A schedule - Bernard Baillaud


Correspondance : Max Jacob & Jean Paulhan, 1918-1951


See also, by Jean Paulhan :


Bibliography of texts published in the NRF

The texts below, published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, are grouped into four main sets: texts by Max Jacob, notes and columns by the author, texts about the author, and, when available, translations by the author.

Texts by Max Jacob

  1. Bonnes intentions, 1920-10-01
  2. Lettres avec commentaires, 1921-04-01
  3. Un nouveau cabinet noir, 1926-05-01
  4. Allégorie – Ils attendent le voyageur – Paysage mobile, 1926-12-01
  5. Lettres avec commentaires, 1928-04-01
  6. Cornet à dés : adde, 1931-12-01
  7. Actualités éternelles, 1934-07-01

Notes by Max Jacob

These texts by Max Jacob may include reading notes, mood notes, performance reviews, miscellaneous pieces, or previously unpublished texts. They appeared in NRF sections such as Chronique des romans, L'air du mois, Le temps comme il passe, etc., or in tribute issues.

  1. Au Nom du Père, 1954-04-01, Le temps, comme il passe
  2. Lettres aux Salacrou, 1956-02-01, Textes
  3. D'un carnet de notes, 1958-03-01, Textes
  4. Une lettre du Cabinet noir, 1967-05-01, Présences

Texts about Max Jacob

These texts may include thematic studies about the author, correspondence, reading notes on works by or about the author, interviews conducted by the author, or works edited by the author.

  1. Le Laboratoire central, par Max Jacob (Au Sans Pareil), by Roger Allard, 1921-12-01, Notes : la poésie
  2. Le Disque Vert a consacré à Max Jacob son numéro de novembre..., by Anonymes, 1924-02-01, Les revues
  3. Max Jacob et la liberté, by Jean Cassou, 1928-04-01, articles
  4. Vie de Max Jacob (I), by Robert Guiette, 1934-07-01, articles
  5. Les pénitents en maillots roses, par Max Jacob (Kra), by Gabriel Bounoure, 1934-07-01, Notes : la poésie
  6. Vie de Max Jacob (Fin), by Robert Guiette, 1934-08-01, articles
  7. Morceaux choisis, de Max Jacob (Gallimard), by Charles-Albert Cingria, 1937-03-01, Notes : la poésie
  8. Les Poèmes de Morven le Gaélique, par Max Jacob (Gallimard), by Henri Thomas, 1953-09-01, Notes : la poésie
  9. Correspondance, de Max Jacob (Éditions de Paris), by Georges Perros, 1954-04-01, Notes : la littérature
  10. Sur Max Jacob, by Collectifs, 1959-09-01, Les revues, les journaux
  11. On peut aisément imaginer la surprise et la joie avec lesquelles Max Jacob..., by Anonymes, 1963-03-01, Textes
  12. Quatre lettres à Max Jacob, by Charles-Albert Cingria, 1964-07-01, Textes

Chronological distribution of texts published in the NRF (1908-1968)

This chart shows the chronological distribution of texts across the four categories defined above: Texts, Notes, Translations, and Texts about the author.


Bibliography of texts published in the journal Commerce

The texts below, published in the journal Commerce, are grouped into two sets: texts by Max Jacob and texts translated by the author.

Texts by Max Jacob

  1. Poèmes (p. 15-23), hiver 1924 [258 p.]
  2. Poèmes (p. 63-71), été 1926 [204 p.]

Bibliography of texts published in the journal Mesures

The texts below, published in the journal Mesures, are grouped into two sets: texts by Max Jacob and texts translated by the author.

Texts by Max Jacob

  1. Poèmes mystiques, 15 octobre 1935 [188 p.]