Marcel Thiry | |
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Born |
Charleroi, Belgium |
13 March 1897
Died | 5 September 1977 Vaux-sous-Chêvremont, Belgium |
(aged 80)
Nationality | Belgium |
Occupation | poet |
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 is the father of virologist Lise Thiry.