The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

Anne-Marie Albiach 1937–

saint-nazaire, france

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lbiach is celebrated as a highly experimental poet. Along with Claude

Royet-Journoud and Michel Couturier, she founded the journal Siècle

à mains. Her seminal translation of Louis Zukofsky’s ‘‘A’’-9 first ap-

peared in the review. During the 1960s Albiach lived in London. Principal works:

Flammigère, 1967; État, 1971; Césure: Le Corps, 1975; Le Double, 1975; Objet, 1976;

Anawratha, 1984; Mezza voce, 1984; Figure vocative, 1985; Le Chemin de l’ermitage,

1986; Travail vertical et blanc, 1989.