Jean Vodaine

Jean Vodaine (6 July 1921—8 August 2006), born Vladimir Kavčič, was a Franco-Slovenian poet, writer, typographer and painter who won many international awards. He was born on 6 July 1921 in Volče, Slovenia. From the second half of the 19th century, Slovene lands experienced quite intense emigration. Some of the Slovene emigrants ended up in France, most of them in Lorraine, where they preserved their cultural life through societies. Writers were also among the emigrants, most significantly Vodaine. In a Lorrainian village, he founded the international literary magazine Dire, which was famous for its luxurious typographical design. Vodaine was also a painter and a poet, as well as a prominent translator of Slovene poetry. Along with the painter Veno Pilon, he compiled a short anthology of translated Slovene poetry, but they did not manage to realize their idea of a comprehensive anthology. Vodaine's poetic oeuvre consists of more than ten poetry collections that are stylistically fairly diverse, and he would often sing Lorraine's praises.[1][2][3][4] [5]

Jean Vodaine
Young Jean Vodaine
Born
Vladimir Kavčič

(1921-07-06)6 July 1921
Volče, Slovenia
Died8 August 2006(2006-08-08) (aged 85)
Pont-à-Mousson, France
NationalitySlovenian, French
Known forpainting, typography, poetry
Notable workPaintings, Poetry, Design, Typography

References
  1. "Jean Vodaine". Le Monde. 12 August 2006. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. Jean Vodaine in Slovenian biographical lexicon
  3. Documentary about a life and work of Jean Vodaine, RTV SLO, 2008
  4. Site of Association Jean Vodaine
  5. Joe Ryczko. Entretien. Plein Chant 57−58 (1995). 61–64.

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