Jacques Bens


Jacques Bens was a French writer and poet.

Biography

Born of teacher-parents at Cadolive, Jacques Bens spent his childhood and his youth in Marseilles, where his studies in zoology were interrupted in 1951 for health reasons. He became the son-in-law of Célestin Freinet, collaborated with the Freinet Modern School Movement and worked at the Coopérative de l'enseignement secaire.
Jacques Bens worked from 1960 to 1963 under the direction of Raymond Queneau at the . Dataire of the College of 'Pataphysics; Bens was a co-founder member of the Oulipo, participated on 24 November 1960 with Claude Berge, François Le Lionnais, Jean Lescure, Raymond Queneau and Jean Queval at the first meeting of which he was definitively appointed provisional secretary.
In 1963, Jacques Bens returned to the Alpes-Maritimes, where he was responsible for various publishing works and then relations with the press of the Théâtre de Nice. In 1975 he returned to Paris and took part in Jacques Duchateau's Panorama of France Culture and other programmes such as '.
Between 1980 and 1991, he was general secretary of the Société des gens de lettres and held the crossword heading of ' and Lire.

Works

Jacques Bens himself collected his books under different sections: « prose rimée », « prose romanesque », « prose méditative », « prose didactique », « prose dramatique » and « prose secrétariale ». He is also the author of the introduction of the collection of the pedagogical works of his famous father-in-law, Célestin Freinet.
;« Prose rimée »
;Prose romanesque
;« Prose méditative »
;« Prose didactique »
;« Prose dramatique »
;« Prose secrétariale ».
;Trivia
;Posthumous publications