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'''Armand Robin''' (January 19, 1912 – March 30, 1961) was a [[France|French]] [[poet]], translator, and journalist.
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[[File:Armand Robin.jpg|thumb|Armand Robin (1943)]]
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'''Armand Robin''' (January 19, 1912 – March 29, 1961) was a Breton [[poet]], translator, and journalist.


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He joined the [[Anarchist Federation (France)|French Anarchist Federation]] in 1945, which published his ''Poèmes indésirables'' (Undesirable Poems). He authored "La fausse parole" (The False Word), which dissected the mechanisms of propaganda in the totalitarian countries.<ref>[http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/RobinArmand.htm "Armand Robin" The Anarchist Encyclopedia: A Gallery of Saints & Sinners, January 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527094557/http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/RobinArmand.htm |date=May 27, 2008 }}, retrieved on September 27, 2008.</ref>
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== Life ==
Robin was born in [[Plouguernével]] by [[Rostrenen]] ([[Côtes-d'Armor]]) and came to [[Paris]]. He was unable to settle down for all his life. He traveled to [[USSR]] in 1934, and returned shocked by the reality of [[communism]]. During the [[German occupation of France during World War II]] he worked in radio broadcasting foreign news.


He was arrested on March 28, 1961 after an altercation in a cafe. He was taken to a local police station and beaten up by police. He was transferred to the special infirmary at the Paris Police Prefecture and died in suspicious circumstances. According to [[Jacques Bergier]], the police were unable to explain the motives for their actions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bergier |first=Jacques |title=Visa pour une autre Terre |publisher=Albin Michel |isbn=2-226-00039-9 |location=Paris |publication-date=1974 |pages=63-65 |language=French}}</ref>
Robin continued his language studies so that he understood twenty-six languages. He translated works from English ([[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]), Russian ([[Sergei Yesenin|Yesenin]], [[Alexander Blok|Blok]], [[Boris Pasternak|Pasternak]]), Hungarian ([[Endre Ady|Ady]]), Polish ([[Adam Mickiewicz|Mickiewicz]]), Italian ([[Giuseppe Ungaretti|Ungaretti]]), Chinese ([[Tu Fu]]), Flemish, Finnish, German, Arabic, Spanish, Kalmyk, etc.


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== Works ==
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He joined the [[Anarchist Federation (France)|French Anarchist Federation]] in 1945, which published his ''Poèmes indésirables'' (Undesirable Poems). He authored "La fausse parole" (The False Word), which dissected the mechanisms of propaganda in the totalitarian countries.<ref>[http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/RobinArmand.htm "Armand Robin" The Anarchist Encyclopedia: A Gallery of Saints & Sinners, January 2006], retrieved on September 27, 2008.</ref>


On March 27, 1961, Robin was arrested because he had no [[identity document]], and died three days later under mysterious circumstances in a Parisian hospital.

== Works ==
=== Own poetry with translations ===
=== Own poetry with translations ===
* ''Ma vie sans moi'' (1940); My life without me
* ''Ma vie sans moi'' (1940); My life without me
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=== Poetry ===
=== Poetry ===
* ''Poèmes indésirables'' (1945)
* ''Poèmes indésirables'' (1945)
* ''Le Monde d'une voix'', [[Gallimard]] (1968)
* ''Le Monde d'une voix'', [[Éditions Gallimard]] (1968)
* ''Fragments'', Gallimard (1992)
* ''Fragments'', Gallimard (1992)
* ''Le cycle du pays natal'', La Part Commune (2000)
* ''Le cycle du pays natal'', La Part Commune (2000)
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== External links ==
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* [http://armandrobin.org/ Armand Robin, in French]
* [http://cecyl.over-blog.com/article-12186680.html Armand Robin, in French]
* [http://contreculture.org/Z_Robin.html Armand Robin, in French]


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Latest revision as of 10:43, 12 August 2024

Armand Robin (1943)

Armand Robin (January 19, 1912 – March 29, 1961) was a Breton poet, translator, and journalist.

He joined the French Anarchist Federation in 1945, which published his Poèmes indésirables (Undesirable Poems). He authored "La fausse parole" (The False Word), which dissected the mechanisms of propaganda in the totalitarian countries.[1]

He was arrested on March 28, 1961 after an altercation in a cafe. He was taken to a local police station and beaten up by police. He was transferred to the special infirmary at the Paris Police Prefecture and died in suspicious circumstances. According to Jacques Bergier, the police were unable to explain the motives for their actions.[2]

Works

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Own poetry with translations

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  • Ma vie sans moi (1940); My life without me

Poetry

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  • Poèmes indésirables (1945)
  • Le Monde d'une voix, Éditions Gallimard (1968)
  • Fragments, Gallimard (1992)
  • Le cycle du pays natal, La Part Commune (2000)

Translations

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Novel

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  • Le Temps qu'il fait (1942)

Radio broadcasts

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  • Pâques fête de la joie, Calligrammes (1982)
  • Poésie sans passeport, Ubacs (1990)

Essays, articles

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  • La fausse Parole, Minuit (1953), Le Temps qu'il fait (2002)
  • L'homme sans nouvelle, Le temps qu'il fait (1981)
  • Écrits oubliés I, Ubacs (1986)
  • Expertise de la fausse parole, Ubacs (1990)

Correspondence

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References

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  1. ^ "Armand Robin" The Anarchist Encyclopedia: A Gallery of Saints & Sinners, January 2006 Archived May 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on September 27, 2008.
  2. ^ Bergier, Jacques (1974). Visa pour une autre Terre (in French). Paris: Albin Michel. pp. 63–65. ISBN 2-226-00039-9.
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