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Max Jacob

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Also known as C. Max Jacob, Cyprien-Max Jacob, Max Alexandre, Max Cyprien Jacob, Morven, Cyprien Max Jacob, Cyprien Max Jakob, Léon David (ps.)

French poet, painter, writer and critic (1876-1944)

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Max Jacob (1876–1944) was a French poet and writer whose career began in 1898. He also worked under the pseudonyms Morven le Gaëlique and Léon David. His literary output includes works such as *Ne coupez pas Mademoiselle, ou, Les erreurs des P.T.T.*, *Les œuvres burlesques et mystiques de frère Matorel mort au couvent*, *Le siège de Jérusalem*, and *Quatre problèmes à resoudre*.

In addition to his writing, Jacob is associated with music genres including composer, epic, epic music, orchestral, and soundtrack. He is linked to Norway and is identified as a male person. His body of work comprises 173 titles, and he has been referenced by 667 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1876
Died
1944
Works
173

Top works

  • Ne coupez pas Mademoiselle, ou, Les erreurs des P.T.T.
  • Les œuvres burlesques et mystiques de frère Matorel mort au couvent
  • Max Jacob, poète et romancier
  • Le siège de Jérusalem
  • Quatre problèmes à resoudre

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Norway
Active from
1980-07-04
composerepicepic musicorchestralsoundtracktrailer

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
104
Total plays
288

Tags

poetryfrench

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Max+Jacob">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A power primer.

    · 1992 · cited 41,576x

  2. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,510x

  3. A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales

    · 1960 · cited 31,942x

  4. SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing

    · 2012 · cited 24,595x

  5. A smooth particle mesh Ewald method

    · 1995 · cited 21,517x

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Key facts

Born
( 1876-07-12 ) 12 July 1876, Quimper, Finistère , Brittany, France
Died
5 March 1944 (1944-03-05) (aged 67), Drancy Deportation Camp , France
Pen name
Léon David, Morven le Gaëlique
Literary movement
School of Paris

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jacob
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Quimper
Occupation
visual artist
Languages spoken
Catalan
Native language
French
Field of work
translation
Movement
cubism
Image
Jacob, Max (1876-1944) - 1934 - Foto Carl van Vechten, Library of Congress.jpg
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Commons Creator page
Max Jacob
Commons category
Max Jacob
date of birth
1876-07-12
date of death
1944-03-05
name in native language
Max Jacob
birth name
Max Jacob Alexandre
cause of death
bronchopneumonia
writing language
French
start of work period
1898-00-00
pseudonym
Léon David
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

Max Jacob, by Modigliani, 1916 Max Jacob ( French: [maks ʒakɔb]; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic.

Pablo Picasso, 1921, Three Musicians, oil on canvas, 200.7 × 222.9 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest; the figure on the right (holding the sheet music) represents Max Jacob.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Max Jacob” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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