The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

part 5. 1967–1980: the explosion of the next generation Éloge de Robert Desnos Parfois nous rêvons de jeunes femmes brunes un pe ...

Franck Venaille 1936– paris, france V enaille turned to poetry writing after having fought in the Algerian war and has written e ...

part 5. 1967–1980: the explosion of the next generation n’insulte personne (il faut dire que le sable commence à m’étou√er) la p ...

FRANCK VENAILLE the last nine years. Solitary, not at all companionable, I struggle but don’t insult anyone (I must say the sand ...

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6 1981–2002: Young Poetry at the End of the Millennium Pierre Alféri, Tahar Bekri, Olivier Cadiot, Jean Frémon, Liliane Giraudon ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Openness in the realm of publication is reflected in the proliferat ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Note 1.Zigzag poésie: Formes et mouvements: L’E√ervescence, ed. Fra ...

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Pierre Alféri 1963– paris, france A poet, essayist, and translator, Alféri has frequently collaborated with the visual artists S ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Quand rien n’entraîne rien quand rien n’entraîne rien ne s’agite ...

PIERRE ALFÉRI When Nothing Entices Nothing when nothing entices nothing stirs beyond inertia becomes agitation impulse aiming ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium se précipite vers le centre et le disque s’immobilise. Alors il ne ...

PIERRE ALFÉRI rushes to the center and the record holds still. Then it’s not a matter of starting up the speed again but of plac ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Retour en Tunisie (extraits) XIV Sonnent les criées au matin des ém ...

Tahar Bekri 1951– gabès, tunisia A poet, essayist, and literary critic, Bekri is not only one of the leading Maghrebian writers ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium XVI Ouvertes aux rouge-gorges dans les cercles pourpres Les saisons ...

TAHAR BEKRI XVI Open to the redbreasts in crimson circles Seasons reveal to the olive tree Their secrets Given over to the earth ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Nous avivons ébranlés les eaux dormantes Là-bas. La présence étrein ...

OLIVIER CADIOT We quicken the sleeping waters shaken Over there. Presence enfolds its salt voices In the distant flame the frate ...