Jean Grosjean

Jean Grosjean (born in Paris on 21 December 1912, died at Versailles on 10 April 2006) was a French poet, writer and translator.

After military service in Lebanon he travelled throughout the Middle East, to Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Iraq.

Imprisoned in 1940, he met André Malraux, Claude Gallimard and Roger Judrin during his captivity in Pomerania and Brandenburg, companions who remained close friends for the rest of his life.

It was in the "Metamorphoses" by Jean Paulhan, published by Gallimard in 1946, that the first of his works appeared, 'Terre du temps ', a series of poetic notes.

Remaining faithful to his publisher, he participated very actively in the life of the Nouvelle Revue francaise with Marcel Arland, Dominique Aury and later Georges Lambrichs.