Literature – Page 8

November 2, 2011

And the Winner is…

… for the 2011 Prix Goncourt: Alexis Jenni, for his novel L’Art français de la guerre, published by Gallimard. … for the 2011 Prix Renaudot: Emmanuel Carrère, for his Limonov, published b y P.O.L.

China / Literature / Poet / Poetry

August 14, 2011

Bei Dao: Today’s Chinese literature is uninspired

An article in today’s China Daily reports on one of the first visits to the mainland by Chinese poet Bei Dao in 20 years. And has him speak out on the situation of poetry...

Arab Culture / Books / Intellectuals / Literature

August 13, 2011

Interesting article by Robert Fisk in The Independent this morning, on the election of Lebanese-French author Amin Maalouf to the Acedémie Française. I do remember the latter’s first book — a novelized life of the...

Agitprop / Literature / Poetry Cuisine / Poetry Party

July 24, 2011

Finally! A “No Confidence Vote in Poetry Society”!

Well, the last time I was involved with the Poetry Society, headquartered back then (& probably even now) in Earls Court, London, was back in the early seventies when we managed by an overwhelming...

Europe / Literature / Translator / Uncategorized

July 13, 2011

Potential market, no buyers

Via the excellent signandsight site, the opening paras of a recent essay by Norbert Mappes-Niediek. Fascinating lit news from that other, often forgotten or belittled area of Europe: 03/07/2011 The paradoxes of the Ex-Yugoslavian...

Book Launch / Criticism / Essays / Literature / Poetics / Uncategorized

April 26, 2011

Cartographies of the In-Between

This announcement in from Literatura Pragensia some time ago: PIERRE JORIS CARTOGRAPHIES OF THE IN-BETWEEN ed. Peter Cockelbergh ISBN TBA (paperback) 300pp Publication date: December 2011 Price: € 12.00 (not including postage) Pierre...

Celebration / Deserts / Essays / Literature / Maghrebi Literature

December 30, 2010

Paul Bowles @ 100

Paul Bowles was born today, 30 December, 100 years ago. Composer, poet, novelist, short story & travel memoir writer, translator, Bowles was a core figure of the 20th century nomad — expatriate as they...

Language / Literature

November 9, 2010

French Responses to U Albany Department Eliminations

Here are two further pieces from France to be added to the ever-growing dossier concerning the scandal re the to be eliminated Language & Theater Departments at the University at Albany, SUNY. The first...

Criticism / Essays / Literature / Paul Celan / Poetics / Poetry

September 13, 2010

The Meridian—Paul Celan

While spending much of the weekend correcting the page proofs of my translation of Paul Celan—The Meridian: Final Version-Drafts-Materials forthcoming in the eponymous collection directed by Werner Hamacher at Stanford University Press, I noticed...

Criticism / Intellectuals / Literature / Obituaries / Poetry / Uncategorized

August 20, 2010

Against Tyrrany

This morning, reading about the English critic Frank Kermode‘s passing at ninety (here and here among many other places), I couldn’t help thinking back on Eric Mottram (who passed away at barely 70 nearly...