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Henri Michaux (May 24, 1899 - October 18, 1984) was a highly individualistic Belgianpoet, writer and painter who wrote in the French language. Michaux is best known for his esoteric books written in a highly accessible style, and his body of work includes poetry, travelogues, and art criticism. Michaux travelled widely, tried his hand at several careers, and experimented with drugs, the latter resulting in two of his most intriguing works, Miserable Miracle and The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones. May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A poet exists within a cultural and intellectual tradition and usually writes in a specific language, but the qualities of good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... This article is in the process of being merged into Travel literature, and may be outdated. ... Art criticism is the study and evaluation of art. ... A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical that alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness, or behavior. ...
Michaux is best known for his esoteric books written in a highly accessible style, and his body of work includes poetry, travelogues, and art criticism.
Michaux travelled widely, tried his hand at several careers, and experimented with drugs, the latter resulting in two of his most intriguing works, Miserable Miracle and The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones.
HenriMichaux was born May 24, 1899 in the small Belgian town of Namur, the second child of Octave Michaux, a shopkeeper, and his wife Jeanne.
Michaux's increasing interest in art was evident in the 1939 publication of Peintures, a work that coupled his poems with his own abstract illustrations.
Though Michaux was pleased his work was now accessible to the public, he wished to maintain his anonymity and refused to have picture appear in the book (he was the only author in the series granted this privilege).
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