''Vers les icebergs ssai sur Henri Michaux' is an essay by

J. M. G. Le Clézio Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (; 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French and Mauritian nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel ''Le P ...

Henri Michaux Henri Michaux (; 24 May 1899 – 19 October 1984) was a Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim ...

. ''Vers les icebergs'' could well be translated into English as ''To the Icebergs'' (Essay on Henri Michaux) according to France.com.

Henri Michaux

Henri Michaux was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian poet writer and painter who wrote in the French language. Michaux is best known for his esoteric books written in a highly accessible style, and his body of work includes poetry travelogues, and art criticism. Michaux travelled widely, tried his hand at several careers, and experimented with drugs, the latter resulting in two of his most intriguing works, ''Miserable Miracle'' and ''The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones''. ''Vers les icebergs'' is an essay on the author of *''Misérable miracle''; it was translated by

Louise Varèse Louise Varèse (; ; 20 November 1890 – 1 July 1989), also credited as Louise Norton or Louise Norton-Varèse, was an American writer, editor, and translator of French literature who was involved with New York Dadaism. Early life and education ...

into English with the title ''Miserable Miracle: Mescaline'' and * ''Les Grandes Épreuves de l'esprit et les innombrables petites''; it was translated by

Richard Howard Richard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022; adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz) was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a graduate of Columbia University, w ...

as ''The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones''

Publication history

*, first French edition

References

{{J. M. G. Le Clézio 1985 essays Essays by J. M. G. Le Clézio