Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roger Gilbert-Lecomte

French poet

Date of Birth: 18-May-1907

Place of Birth: Reims, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1943

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Roger Gilbert-Lecomte (May 18, 1907 in Reims, France – December 31, 1943 in Paris) was a French avant-garde poet and co-founder (with René Daumal, Roger Vailland and Josef Šíma) of the artistic group and magazine Le Grand Jeu.
The group, associated with surrealists, was "excommunicated" from the movement by André Breton.
Gilbert-Lecomte used drugs, in particular morphine, for both artistic and sociological reasons.
As was predicted in his poetry, his death was the result of an infection caused by the use of dirty hypodermic needles.