Robert Giraud, was a French journalist, poet and lexicographer.
10 Facts About Robert Giraud
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Robert Giraud is the author of over 30 books and subject of the 2009 biography Monsieur Bob by Olivier Bailly.
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Robert Giraud followed his education in lycee Gay-Lussac and began to study law.
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Robert Giraud was arrested and imprisoned by the Nazis only to escape the death sentence thanks to the liberation of the city by the forces of Colonel Georges Guingouin.
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Robert Giraud contributed to Franc-Tireur, Paris-Presse, France-Soir and Detective, before he turned to earning a meager living as a book seller alongside other future writers including Michel Ragon before his successful career as a novelist and art critic and the journalists Pierre Merindol and Jean-Paul Clebert.
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Robert Giraud visited and befriended many homeless people, pimps, prostitutes and eccentric former convicts who inhabited various unknown areas of Paris near Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Place Maubert, the rue Mouffetard or Halles.
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Robert Giraud brought his friend Robert Doisneau to explore this underworld which led to a beautiful series of portraits of unusual Parisian characters.
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Robert Giraud immersed himself in the culture of the clochards and was fascinated by everything from the unusual tattoos to unique slang.
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Robert Giraud never wanted to climb the social ladder and always lived freely.
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Robert Giraud died surrounded by many friends, but destitute in 1997.