Gilbert Prouteau

Birthday: 6/14/1917
Deathday: 8/2/2012
Place of birth: Nesmy, Vendée, France
Fame for: Writing

Biography

Gilbert Prouteau (14 June 1917 – 2 August 2012) was a French poet and film director. He was born in Nesmy, Vendée. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade" ("Rhythm of the Stadium"). At the beginning of the 1990s he was, with Jean-Pierre Thiollet, one of the writers contributing to the French magazine L'Amateur d'Art. Source: Article "Gilbert Prouteau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.