

The basics
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French writer
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Male
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Birth:
10 June 1926(Paris, Île-de-France, France)
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Family:
Mother:
Suzanne Peignot
Father:
Charles Peignot
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jérôme Peignot (born 1926) is a French novelist, poet, pamphleteer, and an expert in typography. The author of some thirty books, he was awarded the Prix Sainte-Beuve, took part in publishing the writings of Laure (his aunt Colette Peignot), as well as a major anthology on "Typoésie". He is the grandson of Georges Peignot, typographer and director of the foundry G. Peignot et Fils. He is also known for having launched the concept of acousmatic sound in the 1960s.
Select works
- (First edition: Klincksieck, 1989)
- Essai. (First edition: 1974)
- Préface de Bernard Noël
- (First edition: 1993)
- (First edition: 1988)
- (First edition: 1986)
- Prix Sainte-Beuve.