Louis Parrot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Parrot

French writer and poet

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1906

Place of Birth: Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 24-Aug-1948

Profession: writer, poet, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Louis Parrot (28 August 1906 – 24 August 1948) was a French poet, novelist and journalist.Louis Parrot was born in Tours and came from a family of laborers and artisans.
He became an apprentice at 12 years old, first in a bank and then in a library, where he developed a love of books.
He wrote his first poems in the early 1920s.
The collection of poems « Misery Farm » in 1934 affirm his talent and his vocation as a poet.
He went to do literary studies in Spain.
He meet a lot of writers and poets including Paul Éluard in Madrid.
During the civil war, he returned to France.
He joined the staff of the newspaper Ce Soir founded by Jean-Richard Bloch and Louis Aragon, and became chief editor in August 1944.
During the World War II, he lived in Clermont-Ferrand and his house was a center of the Résistance for intellectuals.
He died in Paris, aged 41. As well as poetry, he wrote three novels, and several stories and essays of poetic inspiration.