André Blavier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

André Blavier

Belgian poet

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Verviers, Wallonia, Belgium

Date of Death: 12-Jun-2001

Profession: writer, poet, librarian

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

André Blavier (23 October 1922 – 12 June 2001) was a Belgian poet.
From 1961 he was a member of the literary group Oulipo and served as their foreign correspondent.He was born in Verviers into a working-class family.
His wife was the collage artist and translator Odette Blavier.
Blavier was greatly influenced by the work of Raymond Queneau, and became a member of Oulipo (the name is a contraction for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle or "workshop of potential literature"), a group consisting of mostly French-speaking writers and mathematicians who create literary works using constrained writing techniques.