Georges Limbour

Limbour attended school in Le Havre, Dieppe and Géradmer where his father, a captain in the army, was stationed. His mother came from Le Havre, and the town left Limbour with an enduring fascination for the sea. His childhood friends included Jean Dubuffet and Raymond Queneau. Limbour began writing in his teens. In October 1918 he went to Paris to study medicine, later switching to philosophy, obtaining his degree in 1923. In 1920, he signed us as a cadet officer with the army, undergoing military training in the morning and studying for his degree in the afternoons. Fellow cadets included Roger Vitrac and René Crevel, who he got to know along with other writers attached, like Limbour, to the Tour-Maubourg barracks. In 1922 he formed an enduring friendship with the painter André Masson, to whom he had been introduced by Dubuffet. He visited Masson's study at 45 rue Blomet often, where he met other artists and writers including Juan Miro, Antonin Artaud, and Michel Leiris.