Jean-Claude Renard (22 April 1922, Toulon – 19 November 2002, Paris) was a
French poet
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* Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890)
* Adam de la Halle (v.1250 – v.1285)
* Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967)
* Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012)
* Pierre Alféri (1963)
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Life
Renard entered the world of
poetry
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with ''Juan'' in 1945, his first book. He was on the staff of
Editions du Seuil
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and Editions Casterman.
Awards
* 1988 Grand Award for Poetry of the
Académie française
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* 1991
Prix Goncourt
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for poetry
Works
English translations
* ''
Anthology
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of Contemporary French Poetry''
Graham Dunstan Martin,
editor
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,
University of Texas Press
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, 1971
* ''Selected Poems'' Oasis Books, Pierre de Ronsard. Ed. and trans. Malcolm Quainton, Elizabeth Vinestock. 1978,
Poetry
* ''Juan'', 1945
* ''Cantiques pour des pays perdus'', 1947
* ''Haute-mer'' 1950
* ''La métamorphose du Monde'', 1951
* ''Père, voici que l'homme'' Éditions du Seuil, 1955
* ''En une seule vigne: poèmes'', Édition du Seuil, 1959
* ''Incantation des eaux'' Éditions du Seuil, 1962
* 'La Terre du sacre'', Éditions du Seuil, 1966
* ''La Braise et la rivière'' Éditions du Seuil, 1969
* ''Le Dieu de nuit'' 1973:
* ''La Lumière du silence'' Éditions du Seuil, 1978
* ''12 Dits'' 1980:
* ''Les Mots magiques'' 1980:
* ''Toutes les îles sont secrètes'' Éditions du Seuil, 1984,
* ''La Terre du sacre, suivi de "La Braise et la Rivière"'' 1989:
* ''Sous de grands vents obscurs'' Seuil, 1990
* ''Le Dieu de nuit suivi de "La Lumière du silence"'' 1990:
* ''Dix Runes d'été'' 1994:
* ''Qui ou quoi?'' 1998:
* ''Ce puits que rien n'épuise'' Seuil, 1993
* ''Métamorphose du monde'' 2000:
* ''Le temps de la transmutation'' 2001:
Essays
* ''Notes sur la poésie'' Éditions du Seuil, 1970
* ''Notes sur la foi'' 1973:
* ''Le Lieu du voyageur : notes sur le mystère'' 1980:
* ''Une autre parole'' Éditions du Seuil, 1981,
* ''«L’Expérience intérieure» de Georges Bataille ou la Négation du mystère'', Éditions du Seuil, 1987
* ''Quand le poème devient prière'' 1987:
* ''Autres notes sur la poésie, la foi et la science'' Éditions du Seuil, 1995,
External links
"Un poète contemporain du Mystère : Jean-Claude Renard", ''Fabula'', Pauline Bernon*
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1922 births
2002 deaths
Prix Goncourt de la Poésie winners
Prix Sainte-Beuve winners
Writers from Toulon
French male poets
20th-century French poets
20th-century French essayists
20th-century French male writers
French male non-fiction writers
Prix Guillaume Apollinaire winners