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Pierre Gripari
Pierre Gripari (7 January 1925, Paris – 23 December 1990, Paris) was a French writer.
Life.
Born to a Greek father and a French mother, he was orphaned in 1944 and had to interrupt his studies and support himself with various jobs. He served in the airborne troops, from 1946 to 1949. From 1950 to 1957, he was employed by Mobil Oil, and was a delegate of the CGT trade union. He took up writing at an early age but did not
on gay themes, but his work often borders on the surreal and includes several parodies of literary genres.
He died at St. Joseph hospital in Paris, following surgery, he was cremated at the cemetery of Pere-Lachaise 4 January 1991.
References.
- Alain Paucard ("entretiens avec Pierre Gripari"), "Gripari, mode d’emploi", L'Âge d'Homme, 1985.