Jean-Christophe Bailly (3 May 1949) is a French writer, poet and playwright.

Biography

Bailly was born in Paris. Very early on, he decided to devote himself to writing. His book ''Tuiles detachées'' explains this decision, as well as several important steps for the formation of his style. Close to surrealism when he entered literature, he moved away from it. His thought constitutes the modern continuity of certain ideas of German romanticism: the idea of a sense without borders and moving forms, in the spirit of what

Novalis Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis (), was a German polymath who was a writer, philosopher, poet, aristocrat and mystic. He is regarded as an idiosyncratic and influential figure of ...

calls the "Encyclopedia". He founded and directed the magazines ''Fin de siècle'' (with for four issues between 1974 and 1976) and ''Aléa'' (for nine issues between 1981 and 1989). He also directed the series "Détroits" at Éditions (with and

Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe ( , ; 6 March 1940 – 28 January 2007) was a French philosopher. He was also a literary critic and translator. Lacoue-Labarthe published several influential works with his friend Jean-Luc Nancy. Lacoue-Labarthe wa ...

) and "35-37" at ''Hazan''. A holder of a doctorate degree in philosophy, Bailly has been teaching at the in

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, of which he has been directing the publication ''Les Cahiers de l’École de Blois'' since 2003.

Works

Essays

*1968: ''Célébration de la boule'', Le Jas-du-Revest-Saint-Martin, Robert Morel, fascicule (47 p.) *1971: ''Au-delà du langage : essai sur Benjamin Péret'', Éric Losfeld *1973: ''Jean-Pierre Duprey'', *1976: ''La Légende dispersée : Anthologie du romantisme allemand'', *1978: ''Wozu ? : à quoi bon des poètes en un temps de manque ?'' (codirected with ), Le Soleil Noir *1980: ''Le Vingt janvier'', Bourgois *1989: ''Le Paradis du sens'', Bourgois *1990: ''L’Atelier bleu'', La Pionnière *1991: ''La Fin de l’hymne'', Bourgois *1991: ''La Comparution (politique à venir)'' (with

Jean-Luc Nancy Jean-Luc Nancy ( , ; 26 July 1940 – 23 August 2021) was a French philosopher. Nancy's first book, published in 1973, was ''Le titre de la lettre'' (''The Title of the Letter'', 1992), a reading of the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Laca ...

), Bourgois *1992: ''La Ville à l’œuvre'', Bertoin *1993: ''Adieu : essai sur la mort des dieux'', La Tour-d'Aigues, *1997: ''Le Propre du langage, voyages au pays des noms communs'', Paris,

Éditions du Seuil Éditions du Seuil (), also known as ''Le Seuil'', is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil' ...

*2000: ''Panoramiques'', Bourgois *2004: ''Le Pays des animots'', Paris, *2005: ''Le Champ mimétique'', Seuil, 2005 *2006: ''Rimbaud parti'' (with Jacqueline Salmon), Paris, Éditions Marval *2007: ''Le Versant animal'', Bayard *2008: ''L’Instant et son ombre'', Seuil *2009: ''Le Visible est le caché'', Paris, Le Promeneur *2009: ''Le Temps fixé'', Bayard *2011: ''La Véridiction sur Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe'', Bourgois *2012: "L'action solitaire du poème", in ''Toi aussi tu as des armes - Poésie et politique'', collective work, Paris, La Fabrique éditions, *2013: ''Le Parti pris des animaux'', Seuil *2013: ''La Phrase urbaine'', Seuil *2015: ''L’Élargissement du poème'', Bourgois, series "Détroits"

Narratives

*1985: ''Beau fixe'', Paris, Bourgois *1990: ''Phèdre en Inde'', Paris, Plon *1992: ', Bourgois, Prix France Culture *1996: ''Le Maître du montage'' (followed by l`''Énigme'' by Jacques Monory), Nantes, Joca seria *2004: ''Tuiles détachées'', Paris,

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*2010: ''Dans l'étendu (Colombie-Argentine)'', Lyon, Fage *2011: ', Le Seuil - Prix Décembre 2011.

Texts on art

*1976: ''Max Ernst : apprentissage, énigme, apologie'' (with Henri-Alexis Baatsch and

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), Bourgois and Éditions étrangères *1977: ''Hommage à Caspar David Friedrich'' (with Jacques Monory), Bourgois *1979: ''Monory'', Paris, Maeght *1984: ''Duchamp'', Paris, *1988: '' Piotr Kowalski'', Hazan *1989: ''Mine de rien'', Paris, Galerie de France *1992: ''Regarder la peinture'', Hazan *1993: ''Kurt Schwitters'', Hazan *1997: ''L'Apostrophe muette : essai sur les portraits du Fayoum'', Hazan *2000: ''Jacques Monory'', Neuchâtel, Ides et calendes *2005: ''Gilles Aillaud'', Marseille, André Dimanche *2007: ''L'Atelier infini: 30.000 ans de peinture'', Hazan *2011: ''Monory photographe'', catalogue Galerie Rue Visconti, Paris *2012: ''Bernard Moninot,'' André Dimanche *2013: Dead Cities, Guillaume Greff, Kaiserin Editions, Reykjavík *2014: ''Col Treno'',Jean-Christophe Bailly, émission ''Du jour au lendemain'', France Culture, 4 July 2014.
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Poetry

*1973: ''Les îles de la Sonde'', in ''De la déception pure, manifeste froid'' (with , Serge Sautreau, and André Velter), Paris, 10/18 *1973: ''L'Astrolabe dans la passe des Français'', Seghers *1973: ''Le Gramme des sursauts'', Paris, Éditions étrangères *1975: ''Défaire le vide'', Éditions étrangères et Bourgois *1979: ''L'Étoilement'', Montpellier, *1983: ''Per modo di vestigio'' (with Hervé Bordas), Copal *1985: ''Pluie douce'' (with ), Marseille, André Dimanche *1991: ''L'Oiseau Nyiro'', Geneva, La Dogana *1999: ''Blanc sur noir'', Bordeaux, William Blake and Co. *2000: ''Basse continue'', Seuil

Theatre

*1983: ''Les Céphéides'', Bourgois *1987: ''Le Régent'', Bourgois *1989: ''La Medesima strada'' (with Gilles Aillaud and K. M. Grüber), Bourgois *1992: ''Pandora'', Bourgois *1995: ''Lumières'' (with M. Deutsch, J.-F. Duroure and G. Lavaudant), Bourgois *2003: ''El Pelele'', Bourgois *2003: ''Poursuites'', Bourgois *2005: ''Villeggiatura'' (with ), Nantes, *2006: ''Une nuit à la bibliothèque'' followed by ''Fuochi sparsi'', Bourgois

Bibliography

* Bailly, Jean-Christophe (with Jean-Marc Besse, Philippe Grand, and Gilles Palsky). (2019)
''An Atlas of Geographical Wonders. From Mountaintops to Riverbeds.''
New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 2019, . * ''Jean-Christophe Bailly'', ''

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

'', n° 1046, June 2016 : texts by Jean-Christophe Bailly, contributions de Henri-Alexis Baatsch,

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, Stéphane Bouquet, Laurent Demanze, Michel Deutsch, Brigitte Ferrato-Combe, Fabrice Gabriel, Marielle Macé, Jean-Pierre Montier,

, , , Muriel Pic, Nathalie Piégay, Catherine Robert, Nina Rocipon, Michel Sandras, Patrick Talbot, Gilbert Vaudey.

References

External links

Bibliographie sur ''theatre-contemporain.net''

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