Ganzo, Robert, 1898-1995

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Ganzo, Robert, 1898-1995
Other forms of name
Ganzo, Robert, 1898-
Date of birth
1898-08-22
Date of death
1995-04-06
Field of activity
Archaeology
French drama--20th century
French poetry--20th century
Occupation
Archaeologists
Dramatists, French
Poets, French
Prehistorians
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 113877183
Wikidata: Q3435194
Library of congress: n 90618546
Sources of Information
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF autorités, August 23, 2016(Ganzo, Robert (1898-1995); gender: male; born 1898-08, died 1995-04-06; poet)
  • French Wikipedia, August 23, 2016(Robert Ganzo (1898-1995), French-language poet of Venezuelan origin; born August 22, 1898, in Caracas, Venezuela; parents came from Port Said, Egypt; moved to Belgium, 1910, where he began writing poems and plays; moved to Paris around 1920 and became a bookseller; all his life, he was a playwright, an archaeologist, a painter, a sailor; during World War II, he was engaged in the Resistance especially through his poems; as a Jew, a communist and a member of the Resistance, he was arrested by the Gestapo and interrogated, but escaped thanks to a guard who knew his poems and went out to smoke leaving the door open; starting in the 60s, he devoted himself to prehistory and published two books on the subject; died April 6, 1995, at Boulogne-Billancourt)
  • nuc88-132703: His Poemas, 1976(hdg. on IU rept.: Ganzo, Robert, 1898- ; usage: Robert Ganzo)
  • LC data base, 3-8-90(hdg.: Ganzo, Robert, 1898- )