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Born 21 March 1934 in Lessines, Belgium. Father, Paul Vaneigem, was a Socialist, anticlerical railway worker. Mother's name: Marguerite Tilte. Between 1951 and 1956, Raoul pursued and obtained a degree in Roman philology at the Free University of Brussels. Between 1956 and 1964, he was a professor at the Ecole Normale de Nivelles. (He was forced to resign in 1964 after it was revealed that he'd had an affair with one of his students.) In 1960, he sent his work about French poetry to Henri Lefebvre, who then forwarded it to Guy Debord. In 1961, he joined the Situationist International, and remained a member until his resignation in November 1970. Between 1964 and 1972, he was the editor of the Encyclopedia of the Current World. In 1986, he began work on an Encyclopedia Universalis. Especially in the 1990s and 2000s, he published a great many nonfiction books, as well as a novel. The father of four children, he now lives in Belgium. | Born 21 March 1934 in Lessines, Belgium. Father, Paul Vaneigem, was a Socialist, anticlerical railway worker. Mother's name: Marguerite Tilte. Between 1951 and 1956, Raoul pursued and obtained a degree in Roman philology at the Free University of Brussels. Between 1956 and 1964, he was a professor at the Ecole Normale de Nivelles. (He was forced to resign in 1964 after it was revealed that he'd had an affair with one of his students.) In 1960, he sent his work about French poetry to Henri Lefebvre, who then forwarded it to Guy Debord. In 1961, he joined the Situationist International, and remained a member until his resignation in November 1970. Between 1964 and 1972, he was the editor of the Encyclopedia of the Current World. In 1986, he began work on an Encyclopedia Universalis. Especially in the 1990s and 2000s, he published a great many nonfiction books, as well as a novel. The father of four children, he now lives in Belgium. | ||
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| + | * ''Histoire désinvolte du surréalisme'', Paul Vermont, Nonville, 1977. | ||
| + | ** ''A Cavalier History of Surrealism'', trans. Donald Nicholson-Smith, AK Press, 1999, 131 p. [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=11047 Log]. | ||
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| + | ==Articles== | ||
* http://www.article11.info/?Raoul-Vaneigem-Ici-les-citoyens | * http://www.article11.info/?Raoul-Vaneigem-Ici-les-citoyens | ||
[[Category:Situationist International|Vaneigem, Raoul]] | [[Category:Situationist International|Vaneigem, Raoul]] | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 10 April 2019
Born 21 March 1934 in Lessines, Belgium. Father, Paul Vaneigem, was a Socialist, anticlerical railway worker. Mother's name: Marguerite Tilte. Between 1951 and 1956, Raoul pursued and obtained a degree in Roman philology at the Free University of Brussels. Between 1956 and 1964, he was a professor at the Ecole Normale de Nivelles. (He was forced to resign in 1964 after it was revealed that he'd had an affair with one of his students.) In 1960, he sent his work about French poetry to Henri Lefebvre, who then forwarded it to Guy Debord. In 1961, he joined the Situationist International, and remained a member until his resignation in November 1970. Between 1964 and 1972, he was the editor of the Encyclopedia of the Current World. In 1986, he began work on an Encyclopedia Universalis. Especially in the 1990s and 2000s, he published a great many nonfiction books, as well as a novel. The father of four children, he now lives in Belgium.
Books
- Histoire désinvolte du surréalisme, Paul Vermont, Nonville, 1977.
- A Cavalier History of Surrealism, trans. Donald Nicholson-Smith, AK Press, 1999, 131 p. Log.
