Robert Marteau (February 8, 1925 in
Virollet,
Poitou
Poitou (, , ; ; Poitevin: ''Poetou'') was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
Geography
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– May 16, 2011 in
Paris
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) was a French
poet
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, novelist, translator, essayist, diarist.
Life
In 1972 he moved to Montreal to live with his girlfriend. He remained twelve years, and opt for Canadian citizenship. He then resided in Paris.
He was awarded the 2003 Charles Vildrac from the
Société des Gens de Lettres
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for ''Rites and offerings'',
In 2005,
Académie française
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awarded him the Grand Award for Poetry after he was awarded the
Prix Henri de Régnier
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in 1997 for all his work from the same Académie.
In 2006, the center of the book awarded him Poitou-Charentes book prize, for his novel ''In the grass''.
In 2010, he received the
Mallarmé prize Mallarmé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* André Mallarmé (1877–1956), French politician
* Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898), French poet and critic
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for his book ''The Ordinary Time''.
Works
*''Royaumes'', poésie, Seuil, 1962.
*''Travaux sur la terre,'' poésie, Seuil, 1966.
''Des Chevaux parmi les arbres,''roman, Seuil, 1968 ; Champ Vallon, 1992.
*''Sibylles, poésie,'' Paris, Galanis, 1971.
*''Les Vitraux de Chagall,'' essai, Paris, Mazo, 1972;
**''The stained-glass windows of Chagall 1957-1970'' New York: Tudor Pub. Co., 1973,
*''Pentecôte, roman,'' Gallimard, 1973.
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*''Atlante, poème, Montréal,'' L’Hexagone, 1976 ; Toronto, Exile, 1979.
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*''Traité du blanc et des teintures,'' poème, Montréal, Erta, 1978 ; Toronto, Exile, 1980.
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*''Salamander, anthologie poétique bilingue,'' Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1979.
*''Mont-Royal, journal, Gallimard, 1981.
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*''Fleuve sans fin - Journal du Saint-Laurent,'' journal, Gallimard, 1986, réédition, «La petite Vermillon», La Table Ronde, 1994
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''Sur le motif,''journal, Seyssel, Champ Vallon, 1986,
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*''Venise en miroir,'' Quimper, Calligrammes, 1987
*''Vigie,'' Quimper, Calligrammes, 1987
''Voyage au verso,''Champ Vallon, 1989,
*''Ce que corneille crie'', poésie, Champ Vallon, 1989
*''Comte de Villamediana : poésies,'' traduction, « Orphée »/La Différence, 1989
*''Forestières,'' Paris, Métailié, 1990
''Fragments de la France'' Champ Vallon, 1990,
*''Luis de Góngora,'' Première Solitude, traduction, « Orphée »/La Différence, 1991
*''Le Jour qu’on a tué le cochon'', roman, Champ Vallon, 1991
**; Exile Editions, Ltd. 2006,
*''Cortège pour le Corbeau'', poésie, Quimper, Calligrammes, 1991
''Liturgie,''Champ Vallon, 1992,
*''Huit peintres,'' La Table Ronde, 1994
*''Etudes pour une muse'', Champ Vallon, 1995
*''Royaumes - Travaux sur la terre - Sibylles'' (réédition), « Orphée »/La Différence, 1995
*''La Récolte de la rosée,'' la tradition alchimique dans la littérature, Paris, « L’Extrême contemporain », Belin, 1995
*''Louanges,'' poésie, Champ Vallon, 1996
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''Registre,''poésie, Champ Vallon, 1999,
*''La Couleur du temps,'' livre d'artiste réalisé en collaboration avec le peintre Georges Badin, éditions Alin Anseew, 2001
''Rites et offrandes'' Champ Vallon, 2002m
''Dans l'herbe,''Champ Vallon, 2006,
*''Sur le Sable, chroniques taurines'', Editions Mémoire Vivante, 2007
*''Le Temps ordinaire'', Champ Vallon, 2009,
*''Entre Sable et Ciel'', Editions Mémoire Vivante, 2010
References
External links
testimonies about Robert Marteau website hosted by the University of Chicago.
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"[Les plantes et les planètes] / [Plants and planets]" ''Poetry'' (October 2000).
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1925 births
2011 deaths
People from Charente-Maritime
French male poets
20th-century French poets
Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)
20th-century French male writers