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About Marcel Thiry
Marcel Thiry (13 March 1897 – 5 September 1977) was a French-speaking Belgian poet. During World War I, he and his brother Oscar served in the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia. He was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1976 for Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver, a book of poems reminiscent of Blaise Cendrars and Guillaume Apollinaire. He was the father of virologist Lise Thiry.
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“Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver, Tu n’as pourtant fait qu’un banal voyage; Tu n’as pas vu les grands perroquets verts, Les fleuves indigo ni les sauvages.”
About Marcel Thiry
Marcel Thiry (13 March 1897 – 5 September 1977) was a French-speaking Belgian poet. During World War I, he and his brother Oscar served in the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia. He was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1976 for Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver, a book of poems reminiscent of Blaise Cendrars and Guillaume Apollinaire. He was the father of virologist Lise Thiry.