Eugène Bizeau

alt; Eugene BIZEAU

A vine-grower, pacifist, anarchist poet & songster, member of the "Muse Rouge" who fought for his ideals until his death at 105.
Born May 29, 1883, in Veretz (Indre & Loire); died April 17, 1989.

Eugene Bizeau was born to a family of socialist vine growers & anticlericals. He discovered anarchism at an early age & began subscribing to anarchist publications at age 14. Quite naturally he began contributing his first poems, which were published in the newspaper "L'Anarchie" founded by Libertad.

Exempted from military service for health reasons in 1914, Bizeau continued his collaborations in the anarchist press, no less adamant in his denunciation of militarism & censorpship during the war & afterwards. In 1921 during the international campaign to save Sacco & Vanzetti, in "Le Libertaire" he exhorted:

"Il faut que notre voix, grondant vers l'Amérique , aille exiger pour eux justice et liberté"

In 1929 & 1934 Bizeau's poems were put to music & recorded, & were even heard over the airwaves on Barcelona Radio during the Spanish Revolution.

In 1980-81 Bernard Baissat released a moving film devoted to him, Ecoutez Eugène Bizeau.

Lutter contre le joug des maîtres de la terre
Masquant leur dictature en tapageurs discours;
Contre les trublions, les criminels de guerre,
Aigles noirs de haut vol et répugnants vautours...

       — excerpt from "Lutter," (1979)

• Eugene Bizeau, Guerre a la Guerre. Preface by Robert Brécy.

• Revue de presse sur Ecoutez Bizeau de Bernard Baissat (1981)

  " [ ... ] L'athmosphère d'une douceur paisible et colorée, d'un paysage où le temps semble passer sans laisser de rides, est très agréablement rendue et contribue à accroître le charme qui émane de ce film en tous points réussi. Des chants interprétés avec chaleur, notamment par Rosalie Dubois, animent le dialogue mené avec maîtrise par Robert Brécy[ ... ] ".

  --- Jeanne Humbert

  http://www.maitron.org/initiat/VidCin/presse3.htm

• See " ART ET POÉSIE DE TOURAINE ",
  http://www.multimania.com/crcrosnier/mur/apt/bizeaue.htm

• Christian Pirot livres,
  http://www.friendship-first.com/christianpirotpetitecollectioneugenebizeau_fr.htm

• http://www.gerard-pierron.org/auteurs.htm

• Armand, E. ; Guillot, René (éd.). - E. Armand : sa vie sa pensée son uvre / ill. François Cotard. - Paris : Ruche ouvrière, 1964. - 496 p.
  Textes d'E. Armand, Ixigrec, Mauricius, Marcel Sauvage, Hem Day, Jean Lauron-Nejean, Eugène Bizeau, Pierre-Valentin Berthier. - Bibliogr. par Hem Day.

Updated April 2003; minor edits April 2006

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