The Complete Poems, 1927-1979
Who is Max Jacob from The Complete Poems, 1927-1979 and what is their importance?
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French painter and poet, Max Jacob, was a close friend of Pablo Picasso. As a Jew, he was forced to put his career on hold while hiding from the Nazis. Jacob was eventually captured and interred in a concentration camp, where he died in 1944.
The Complete Poems, 1927-1979