Mistinguett

16-4085 — Paris: Circa 1930. Signed photograph. 14 x 9 cm.From the estate of Emmanuel Looten. Emmanuel Looten was a French poet born November 6 1908 in Bergues and died June 30 1974.He published many works theatrical plays but especially books of poetry ; he was also the author of literary or artistic criticism.Strongly influenced by his native region Flanders. He published more than 80 collections of poems and essays and was one of the major poets of French Flanders.His texts were not widely distributed and very few printed but they received the appreciation of great artists and deserve to be discovered or rediscovered : « A cloche-rêve » « Sur ma rive de chair » « La saga de Lug Hallewijn » « Liturgies Flamandes » « Nada » …He received numerous awards: in 1946 the Grand Prix des lettres of the Sciences and Arts Society of Lille and the Prix Verlaine in 1948 by the French Poets Society for his work “The Fabulous Operaâ€.Expertise by Librairie Giraud-Badin22 rue Guynemer 75006 Paris Paris: Circa 1930 unknown