Henri Cueco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Cueco

French writer

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1929

Place of Birth: Uzerche, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 13-Mar-2017

Profession: screenwriter, writer, painter, radio personality

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Henri Cueco (19 October 1929 – 13 March 2017) was a French painter, essayist, novelist and radio personality.
As a self-taught painter, his work was exhibited internationally.
He was the author of several books, including collections of essays and novels.
He was also a contributor to France Culture.
A communist-turned-libertarian, he was a co-founder of Coopérative des Malassis, an anti-consumerist artists' collective.
He was best known for The Red Men, a series of figurative paintings depicting aspects of the Cold War like the May 1968 events, the Vietnam War and Red Scare, and his 150 still lifes, or "portraits," of potatoes.