Yves SalguesYves Salgues, (2 February 1924 – 4 April 1997)[1] was a French journalist and writer. LifeBorn in Cazals, in the Lot, in turn reporter for Paris Match, editor of Jours de France and literary columnist in Madame Figaro, he is the author of a collection of poems (Les Chants de Nathanaël. Salves is a recipient of the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (1943), and also wrote artist biographies (Charles Aznavour, Serge Gainsbourg, James Dean) and novels, including an erotic tale entitled Miss Innocence (1956).[1] In 1947 he published under the pseudonym of François Sauvage Plus près de toi in the sentimental collection Mélusine (Jean Froissart editions), along with Antoine Blondin and Jacques Laurent.[citation needed] A former drug addict, he testifies to his struggle in his autobiographical accounts L'Héroïne : une vie (1987)[2] and Le Testament d'un esclave (1991).[1] Salgues died in Boulogne-Billancourt at the age of 73.[1] OeuvrePoetry
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