Georges Pioch [SEP] place of birth
Georges Pioch
Georges Jules Charles Pioch (9 October 1873 – 27 March 1953) was a French poet, journalist, pacifist and socialist intellectual. He was president of the International League for Peace from 1930–37.
Early years.
Georges Pioch was born in Paris on 9 October 1873.
He began writing, and published collections of poetry in the "Mercure de France".
He contributed to Paul Fort's review "Vers et prose", and was associated with Saint-Georges de Bouhélier.
His
Louise Bodin and Colette Reynaud founded the journal "La Voix des femmes", to which the major feminists contributed including Nelly Roussel and Hélène Brion.
The first issue of "La Voix des Femmes" appeared on 31 August 1917. Contributors included men such as Boris Souvarine and Georges Pioch as well as women such as Colette Reynaud.
In March 1918, Pioch, Séverine, Han Ryner, Léon Werth, Gérard de Lacaze-Duthiers, Génold and Maurice Wullens founded "Franchise", a short-lived pacifist and