Graphic artist and engraver VERCORS

Background

VERCORS, graphic artist and engraver was born on February 26, 1902 in Paris. Son of Louis Bruller and Ernestine (née Bourbon) Bruller.

Education

Ecole alsacienne, Paris.

Career

President National Committee of Writers. M^daille de la Resistance, Prix du Conseil de l’Europe 1981, Prix de l’Union rationaliste 1982. Officier, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honneur, Commander des Arts et des Lettres.

Major works (graphic art and engraving): 21 recettes de mort violente 1926, 1977.

Hypotheses sur les amateurs de peinture 1927, Un homme coupe en tranches 1929, Nouvelle eld des songes 1934, L’enfer 1935, Images rassurantes de la guerre 1936, Silence 1937, Louisiana danse des vivants (160 prints) 1938, Hamlet (French adaptation, with aqua-forte illustrations) 1965.

Membership

Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Club.

Connections

Married 1st Jeanne Barusseau (divorced), 2nd Rita Barisse in 1956.

Father:

Louis Bruller

Mother:

Ernestine (née Bourbon) Bruller

Spouse:

Jeanne Barusseau