Writer. The son of Victor Tardieu, a talented painter and Caroline, a musician, his early years were spent immersed in both painting and music. Educated at the Lycée Condorcet, by 1923 he was studying for a law degree. He began translation work for the poetry of Friedrich Holderlin and his first texts were published in 1927 in "La Novelle Revue." By 1930 his first poems were published. Some of which would later be set to music by Germaine Tailleferre, Marius Constant, Henri Cliquet-Pleyel and several others. Another friend turned a poem into an illustrated book. His free verse style would cross over into his play writing. He wrote twenty three short plays in the avant-garde, theatre of the absurd genre. His theatre pieces include: "The Underground Lovers," and "Going…Going…Gone! The Client Dies Twice. His poems were also incorporated into three films. In 1990, he published "On vent chercher Monsieur Jean" a fascinating yet somewhat casual autobiography. He was employed at the National Museums, at Hachette and after World War II, at French Broadcasting. There he became first head and later director of programs at France-Music, where he is credited for their positive reputation and growth. He received both the Grand Prix for Poetry from the Académie française in 1972, and later the Grand Prix for Literature from the Société des Gens de Lettres in 1986.
Writer. The son of Victor Tardieu, a talented painter and Caroline, a musician, his early years were spent immersed in both painting and music. Educated at the Lycée Condorcet, by 1923 he was studying for a law degree. He began translation work for the poetry of Friedrich Holderlin and his first texts were published in 1927 in "La Novelle Revue." By 1930 his first poems were published. Some of which would later be set to music by Germaine Tailleferre, Marius Constant, Henri Cliquet-Pleyel and several others. Another friend turned a poem into an illustrated book. His free verse style would cross over into his play writing. He wrote twenty three short plays in the avant-garde, theatre of the absurd genre. His theatre pieces include: "The Underground Lovers," and "Going…Going…Gone! The Client Dies Twice. His poems were also incorporated into three films. In 1990, he published "On vent chercher Monsieur Jean" a fascinating yet somewhat casual autobiography. He was employed at the National Museums, at Hachette and after World War II, at French Broadcasting. There he became first head and later director of programs at France-Music, where he is credited for their positive reputation and growth. He received both the Grand Prix for Poetry from the Académie française in 1972, and later the Grand Prix for Literature from the Société des Gens de Lettres in 1986.
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