Franck Venaille

Franck Venaille(1936 – 23 August 2018) was a French poet and writer.^[1]His poetry is characterized by its expressive power, seeking to bring out the animal side of man, his impulses and anxieties.

Life

Born into a Catholic family in theXIth arrondissementof Paris, Franck Venaille was permanently marked by his military service during theAlgerian War.This test resurfaces from time to time in his poetry, even in its most recent works. It forms the explicit subject ofThe War of Algeria(1978) andAlgeria(2004).

In his childhood, he stayed inBelgiumfor three months, starting a deep attraction forFlanders.This is the recurring background of his poetry, particularly his major work,The Descent ofScheldt(1995).

He is close to paintersPeter KlasenandJacques Monory,who exerted a significant influence on his work. He works at the magazinePoetic Action(1960) andOrange Export Ltd.(1980). He also founded the journalsChorus(1968) andMr. Bloom(1978). From 1974, he worked forFrance Culture,working in particular with the issueLes Nuits magnétiques.

Awards

He received numerous awards, including theMallarmé prizein 1996 forThe Descent of the Scheldt.Venaille's most recent book,It,won the 2009 Robert Ganzo Prize and the 2009 Alain Bosquet Prize.

Works

Identity papers,PJO, 1966.
The thunderstruck Apprentice,PJO, 1969, Ubacs, 1986, The Writings of Forges, 1987.
Why are you crying, saying why are you crying? Because the sky is blue... Because the sky is blue!,PJO, 1972, The Feugraie Workshop, 1984.
Two(in collaboration with Jacques Monory), offprint, 1973.
Caballero Hotel,Les Editions de Minuit, 1974.
The War in Algeria,Les Editions de Minuit, 1978.
As a torn book,inhatredof poetry, Christian Bourgois, 1979.
Jack to Jack,Luneau-Ascot, 1981.
The procession of penitents,Mr. Bloom, 1983.
La tentation de la sainteté: roman.Flammarion. 1985.ISBN 978-2-08-064822-8.
Trieste.Champ Vallon. 1985.ISBN 978-2-903528-61-4.
L'apprenti foudroyé: poèmes, 1966-1986.UBACS. 1986.
The spoiled Children,inThe Missing Diplomats ofCyril Connolly,Salvy, 1989.
Cavalier, cheval.Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. 1989.ISBN 978-2-11-081006-9.,Le Castor Astral, The Writings of Forges, 2003.
Opera buffa,Printing National Literature, 1989.
Umberto Saba,Seghers, Poets of Today, 1989.
The Great Operas ofMozart,Printing Office, 1989.
Frans van Etterbeek,in "Directions in Literary Lozère: Cevennes, Jacques Bremond, 1989.
KLASEN,opera in three acts and fifteen scenes, Marval, Galerie Fanny Guillon Lafaille, 1989.
The Sultan of Istanbul,Salvy, Les Ecrits des Forges, 1991.
Pierre Morhange,Seghers, "Poets of Today, 1992.
La halte belge.Cadex éditions. 1994.ISBN 978-2-905910-47-9.
The Manin war, Paroles d'Aube, 1995, La Renaissance du livre, 2000.
The DescentScheldt, Obsidian, 1995.
Write cons father,Jacques Bremond, 1996.
The Horse Erasmus,inSecond homes,Cadex, 1996.
Captain anxiety animal,Obsidiane - Weather, 1998.
The Court horses, the crossbow-Gallimard, 2000.
Tragic,Obsidian, 2001.
Dead Hooray!,Obsidian, 2003.
Algeria,Melville / Leo Scheer, 2004.
Pierre Jean Jouve.The serious man,Jean-Michel Place, "Poetry", 2004.
Chaos,Mercure de France, 2007.
It,Mercure de France, 2009.

Translations

Jean-Yves Reuzeau, ed. (1999).French poets of today.Guernica Editions.ISBN 978-0-920717-82-0.

Research

François Boddaert, Venaille Franck, Jean-Michel Place,"Poetry", 2005.
ReviewLe Matricule des anges,No. 37, December 2001/février 2002.
ReviewEurope,No. 938-939, June–July 2007.
ReviewEurope(survey and interview), No. 859-860, November–December 2000.

References

^Le grand poète Franck Venaille est mort(in French)

External links

Franck Venaille reading of an excerpt fromTragic Archived2017-12-02 at theWayback Machine

[1] Le grand poète Franck Venaille est mort(in French)

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