The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

acknowledgments

Valéry Larbaud

‘‘Ode,’’ ‘‘Le Don de soi-même,’’ from Poèmes par un riche amateur, ou oeuvres françaises
de M. Barnabooth, ∫ Éditions Gallimard, 1908. Reprinted by permission of Éditions
Gallimard.
‘‘Ode,’’ ‘‘The Gift of Oneself,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws and Patricia Terry. Printed by
permission of Mary Ann Caws and Patricia Terry.

Annie Le Brun

‘‘Des rites,’’ ‘‘Des fêtes,’’ from Sur-le-champ, ∫ Jean-Michel Place, 1967. Reprinted by
permission of Annie Le Brun.
‘‘Rituals,’’ ‘‘Festivals,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws. Printed by permission of Mary Ann
Caws.

Michel Leiris

‘‘Vertical,’’ ‘‘Avare,’’ from Autres lancers, ∫ Éditions Gallimard, 1969; ‘‘Maldonne,’’ from
Haut mal, ∫ Éditions Gallimard, 1943. Reprinted by permission of Éditions Gallimard.
‘‘Vertical,’’ ‘‘Miserly,’’ trans. by Cole Swensen. Printed by permission of Cole Swensen.
‘‘Misdeal,’’ trans. by Keith Waldrop. Printed by permission of Keith Waldrop.

Claire Lejeune

‘‘Illettrée,’’ from Mémoire de rien: Le Pourpre, La Geste, Elle, ∫ Éditions Labor, 1994;
‘‘Où donc,’’ ‘‘La Mort, j’en parle,’’ from Belgian Women Poets: An Anthology, ∫ Peter Lang,

2000. Reprinted by permission of Peter Lang.
      ‘‘Illiterate,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws. Printed by permission of Mary Ann Caws.
      ‘‘So Where?’’ ‘‘Death, I Speak of It,’’ trans. by Renée Linkhorn and Judy Cockran, from
      Belgian Women Poets: An Anthology, ∫ Peter Lang, 2000. Reprinted by permission of Peter
      Lang.

Gherasim Luca

‘‘Ma déraison d’être,’’ ‘‘La Fin du monde... ,’’ from Poésies complètes, ∫ José Corti,

1990. Reprinted by permission of José Corti.
      ‘‘My Folly of Being,’’ trans. by Michael Tweed. Printed by permission of Michael Tweed.
      ‘‘The End of the World... ,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws. Printed by permission of Mary
      Ann Caws.

Dora Maar

‘‘Si l’attendrissant souvenir,’’ ‘‘Les Grandes Constructions,’’ from Les Vies de Dora Maar,
∫ Thames and Hudson, 2000. Reprinted by permission of Thames and Hudson.
‘‘If the Touching Memory,’’ ‘‘These Tall Constructions,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws,
from Picasso’s Weeping Woman: The Life and Art of Dora Maar, ∫ Little Brown/Bulfinch,

2000. Reprinted by permission of Mary Ann Caws.