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Belgian writer and member of the Belgian surrealist movement.
He entered the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1918 to study literature and philosophy. The same year he entered into artistic life under the influence of Clément Pansaers (1885-1922), the main proponent of the Dada movement in Belgium.
In 1922, he published his first collection of poetry, the highly acclaimed Demonstrations. He joined the modernists of the 7 Arts magazine and then in 1924 founded the group Correspondence with Paul Nougé and Camille Goemans.
Lecomte second book of poetry entitled Applications, published in 1924, included two illustrations from his friend René Magritte. Lecomte had introduced Magritte to the work of Giorgio de Chirico in 1923.
Between 1934 and 1945 Lecomte worked as a teacher at a secondary school. He continued to write poetry, but focused on critical work and reviews of art, philosophy and poetry, writing for a variety of newspapers, including a weekly column in La Laterne.
Born: 25 September 1900 in Brussels
Died: 19 November 1966
Gender: Male