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French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ...
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20th Century - Contemporary Medieval French literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in Oïl languages (including Old French and early Middle French) during the period from the eleventh century to the end of the fifteenth century. ...
French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascension of Henri IV of France to the throne. ...
Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) French literature of the 17th century spans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the Fronde) and the...
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French literature of the twentieth century is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French from (roughly) 1895 to 1990. ...
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Short Story Writers Chronological list of French language authors (regardless of nationality), by date of birth. ...
| | France Portal | | Literature Portal | Emmanuel Hocquard (born 1940) is a French poet who grew up in Tangier, Morocco. He has been editor of the small press Orange Export Ltd., and, with Claude Royet-Journoud, of two anthologies of new American poets, 21+1: Poètes américains ď aujourďhui (with a corresponding English volume, 21+1 American Poets Today) and 49+1. In 1989, Hocquard founded and directed "Un bureau sur l'Atlantique", an association fostering relations between French and American poets. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
A poet is some one who writes poetry. ...
Tangier, Morocco Tangier (Tanja طنچة in Berber and Arabic, Tánger in Spanish, and Tanger in French), is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 669,685 (2004 census). ...
Besides poetry, he has written essays, a novel, and translated American and Portuguese poets including Charles Reznikoff, Michael Palmer, Paul Auster, Benjamin Hollander, Antonio Cisneros, and Fernando Pessoa. With the artist Alexandre Delay, he made a video film, Le Voyage à Reykjavik. Charles Reznikoff (August 31, 1894 - January 22, 1976) was the poet for whom the term Objectivist was first coined. ...
Michael Palmer, American poet(b. ...
Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer. ...
Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (pron. ...
Books in English translation
- A Day in the Strait, translated by Maryann De Julio & Jane Staw, (Red Dust, New York, 1985); "narration"
- Late Additions, translated by Rosmarie Waldrop and Connell McGrath, "Serie d'Ecriture Nº 2", (Spectacular Diseases, Peterborough, U.K., 1988); poems
- Elegies & Other Poems, translated by John A. Scott, (Shearsman Books, Plymouth, U.K., 1989) ; poetry
- Aerea in the Forests of Manhattan, translated by Lydia Davis, (The Marlboro Press, Marlboro, Vermont, 1992); novel
- Of Mists and Clouds, translated by Mark Hutchinson, (The Noble Rider, Paris).
- Elegy 7, translated by Pam Rehm & Keith Waldrop , "Serie d'Ecriture Nº 7", (Burning Deck, Providence (RI), 1993); poetry
- Theory of Tables, translated by Michael Palmer, Afterword translation by Norma Cole, (O-blek editions, Providence, 1994); poems
- The Garden of Sallust and other writings, translated by Mark Hutchinson, (The Noble Rider, Paris, 1995).
- The Library at Trieste, translated by Mark Hutchinson, (The Noble Rider, Paris); a talk given in 1987 at the University of California, San Diego
- This Story Is Mine: Little Autobiographical Dictionary of Elegy translated by Norma Cole, (Instress, 1999); poems
- Codicil & Plan for Pond 4, translated by Ray DiPalma & Juliette Valéry, (The Post Apollo Press, 1999); poems
- A Test of Solutide: Sonnets, translated by Rosmarie Waldrop, (Burning Deck, Providence (RI), 2000); poems
Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935) is a poet, translator and publisher. ...
Lydia Davis is a contemporary American author and translator of French. ...
Keith Waldrop is the author of numerous books of poetry, and has translated the work of Claude Royet-Journoud, Anne Marie-Albiach, and Edmond Jabès among others. ...
Michael Palmer, American poet(b. ...
Norma Cole is an American poet, visual artist, and a frequent translator from the French. ...
Norma Cole is an American poet, visual artist, and a frequent translator from the French. ...
Ray DiPalma (born 1943), an American poet and visual artist, is the author of more than thirty collections of poetry and visual work. ...
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