Givet (Vichniac), Jacques
GIVET (Vichniac), JACQUES
GIVET (Vichniac ), JACQUES (1917– ), Swiss poet. Born in Moscow, Givet became prominent in Swiss intellectual circles. His verse collections, at first influenced by surrealism, include Nous n'irons plus au bois (1938), Les cicatrices de la peur (1954), and L'eau et la mémoire (1963). Givet also published a remarkable polemical tract on neo-antisemitism, La gauche contre Israël (1968).
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