| LC control no. | n 79026860 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3557.Y8 |
| Personal name heading | Gysin, Brion |
| See also | Partner: Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 |
| Other standard no. | 100267599 |
| Associated country | Canada England United States France Morocco |
| Located | Edmonton (Alta.) Kansas City (Mo.) Paris (France) Tangier (Morocco) Paris (France) |
| Birth date | 1916-01-19 |
| Death date | 1986-07-13 |
| Place of birth | Taplow (England) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Fiction Poetry Painting Performance art Surrealism Visual poetry Biography |
| Affiliation | UniversiteĢ de Paris |
| Profession or occupation | Painters Authors Performance artists Novelists Musicians Biographers Visual poet |
| Found in | To master--a long goodnight ... 1946. The last museum, 1986: t.p. (Brion Gysin) p. 8 (d. 7/13/86) The process, 1987: t.p. (Brion Gysin) foreword (Brion Gysin, 1916-1986) jacket (b. in England 1916) Dictionary of art online, June 1, 2016 (Gysin, Brion, b. Taplow, Bucks., 19 January 1916, died Paris 13 July 1986; painter, writer of poetry, novels, biographies; took part in performances; grew up in Kansas City, Mo. and Edmonton, Alta.; studied painting at the Sorbonne in Paris (1933-1935); moved to Tangier in 1950; close friend and collaborator of William S. Burroughs; returned to Paris for life in 1973; named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French ministry of culture in 1985) VIAF, July 7, 2016 (VIAF ID=100267599: Gysin, Brion, 1916-1986; author, painter, musician; collaborated with William S. Burroughs) |
| Associated language | eng fre |
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