MICHAUX, Henri
(1899–1984)
MICHAUX, Henri (24 May 1899–18 October 1984). Allegorical is perhaps the best stab at describing the Belgium-born Frenchman Henri Michaux . Although living through the heyday of modernism and the crossover into postmodernism, Michaux resisted the invitation of renowned movements, such as Surrealism, and bequeathed a legacy of cryptic images and prose poems that defy simple explanation. Michaux fancied himself a novice and aimed to avoid professionalism (in 1965 he refused the French Grand Prize…