Title: Jean Follain Collection (VMF054), 1982
Administrative/Biographical History
Jean Follain (August 29, 1903 –March 10, 1971) was a French author, poet and corporate lawyer. Follain was born in the small town of Canisy, south of Saint-Lô where he spent his childhood. In 1921, he began studying law at Faculte de Caen. For health reasons he was exempted from military service. In 1927, he passed his bar exams in Paris and started attending the meetings of the group "Sagesse" ("Wisdom") where he made the acquaintance of André Salmon, Pierre Reverdy, Pierre Mac Orlan and Max Jacob. In 1933, he published his first collection with Eugène Guillevic and Pierre Albert-Birot. He was also a contributor to many journals, such as La Nouvelle Revue française, Commerce, Europe, Le Journal des Poètes and Les Cahiers des Saisons.
