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Henri Michaux

1899 - 1984

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Henri Michaux (French: [ɑ̃ʁi miʃo]; 24 May 1899 – 19 October 1984) was a Belgian-born French experimental poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York had major shows of his work in 1978 (see below, Visual Arts). His autobiographical texts that chronicle his psychedelic experiments with LSD and mescaline include Miserable Miracle and The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones. He is recognised for his idiosyncratic travelogues and books of art criticism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Michaux is the 1,164th most popular writer (down from 1,114th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 139th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Belgian Writer.

Henri Michaux is most famous for his surrealist writings.

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Among writers, Henri Michaux ranks 1,164 out of 7,302. Before him are P. G. Wodehouse, Vladimir Bartol, Irving Stone, Marcel Pagnol, Marcus Minucius Felix, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki. After him are Danielle Steel, Comtessa de Dia, Velimir Khlebnikov, Nordahl Grieg, Tukaram, and Juliusz Słowacki.

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Among people born in 1899, Henri Michaux ranks 54. Before him are P. L. Travers, Ramon Novarro, Lev Kuleshov, Louis Hjelmslev, Charles Boyer, and Sobhuza II. After him are Georges Auric, Bronislav Kaminski, Ludwig Guttmann, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Leo Strauss, and Lao She. Among people deceased in 1984, Henri Michaux ranks 41. Before him are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Motoo Tatsuhara, Viktor Shklovsky, Karl Rahner, Dmitry Ustinov, and Kim Sung-gan. After him are Irwin Shaw, Oskar Werner, Tito Gobbi, Brassaï, Ngô Đình Thục, and Souvanna Phouma.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Henri Michaux ranks 156 out of 1,190. Before him are Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Yves Leterme (1960), and Cipriano de Rore (1515). After him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Marc Dutroux (1956), André Franquin (1924), Blanche of Namur (1320), and Heinrich Isaac (1450).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Henri Michaux ranks 8. Before him are Georges Simenon (1903), Julio Cortázar (1914), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Pierre Louÿs (1870), and Marguerite Porete (1250). After him are Laura Marx (1845), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Victor Serge (1890), Hugo Claus (1929), and Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522).

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