Pascal Pia

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Pascal Pia, born Pierre Durand (August 15, 1903 - September 27, 1979), was a French writer, journalist, illustrator and scholar.

One of his earliest works was La Muse on Rue, a collection of erotic poems published in 1928. He also illustrated erotic works, such as the Songs of Bilitis. He participated in the French Resistance (in the group "Combat") and in 1944 he became chief editor of the clandestine resistance journal Combat. His friend Albert Camus also worked at Combat, and he dedicated his essay The Myth of Sisyphus to Pia. A collection of their correspondence was published in 2000.

[edit] Selected bibliography

• La Muse on Rue (1928)
• Baudelaire par lui-même (1952)
• Apollinaire par lui-même (1954)
• Les livres de l'Enfer: bibliographie critique des ouvrages érotiques dans leurs différentes éditions du XVIe siècle à nos jours (1978) [The Books of the "Enfer:" Critical Bibliography of Erotic Works in their Different Editions from the Sixteenth Century to the Present].
• Correspondance avec Albert Camus (2000)

[edit] External links

• Catalogue of books edited and written by Pascal Pia