Henri Michaux

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born

May 24, 1899

died

October 18, 1984

genre

Arts & Photography, Poetry

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Henri Michaux was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian poet, 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.

books by Henri Michaux

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avg rating: 4.40 | 145 ratings | 58 distinct works

	Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984 (Paperback) by Henri Michaux avg rating 4.64 — 28 ratings — published 1997 2 editions	my rating:
	Miserable Miracle (New York Review Books Classics) by Henri Michaux avg rating 4.30 — 23 ratings — published 2002 4 editions	my rating:
	Selected Writings of Henri Michaux (Paperback) by Henri Michaux avg rating 4.40 — 15 ratings — published 1990	my rating:
	Barbarian in Asia (New Directions Paperbook, 622) by Henri Michaux avg rating 3.93 — 14 ratings — published 1986 5 editions	my rating:
	Tent Posts (Green Integer Books) by Henri Michaux avg rating 4.73 — 11 ratings — published 2003	my rating:
	Ideograms in China (Paperback) by Henri Michaux avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published 2002 2 editions	my rating:
	Stroke by Stroke (Paperback) by Henri Michaux avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	Emergences-Resurgences (Paperback) by Henri Michaux avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 2001 2 editions	my rating:
	Ailleurs : Voyage en Grande Garabagne - Au pays de la Magie - Ici, Poddema (Poche) by Henri Michaux avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1986 2 editions	my rating:
	Major Ordeals of the Mind (Hardcover) by Henri Michaux avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1974 3 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Henri Michaux

"The Surrealist supernatural is a bit predictable but given the choice between supernatural and anything else, I would have no hesitation. Long live supernatural!"
— Henri Michaux

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