Thierry Metz
Thierry Metz (1956–1997) was a French poet. He also worked on construction sites as labourer and a mason. Thierry came into the limelight in 1989 when Jean Cussat-Blanc, a Poet published his work. Thierry was able to write and publish while doing odd jobs. Some of Thierry's publications were turned into documentaries. In 1997, Thierry killed himself when he sank into depression and alcohol after his youngest kid was killed by a car.

Life 
At the age of 21, Metz moved with his family to Saint-Romain-le-Noble. There he worked as a yard labourer, a mason, and then a farm worker. During intervening periods of unemployment he wrote.

Books by Thierry 

 De l'un à l'autre. Toiles filées de Denis Castaing (French Edition) published in 01-Jan-1996. It was co-authored by, Thierry Metz, Paul Amouroux and Denis Castaing.
 Tel que c'est écrit Mass Market Paperback – 1 Dec. 2012 
Journal D Un Manoeuvre: A31332 (Folio) Pocket Book – 18 Mar. 2004 
Terre Paperback – 1 Sept. 2003 
L' Homme qui penche Paperback – Big Book, 8 May 2017  
Lettres à la bien-aimée - 12 Jan. 1995 
Dolmen suivi de La demeure phréatique 
Jaguar A/E

Awards 
Thierry won the Prix Voronca in 1988. He also won the Prix Froissart in 1989.

References

1956 births
1997 deaths
Poets from Paris
20th-century French poets
French male poets
20th-century French male writers
Suicides in France