William Cliff (born André Imberechts, 27 December 1940) is a Francophone Belgian

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

. He was born in

Gembloux Gembloux (; wa, Djiblou; nl, Gembloers, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 21,964 inhabitants. The total area is 95.86 km², yielding a population dens ...

. His poems had the good fortune to be noticed early on by

Raymond Queneau Raymond Queneau (; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo ('' Ouvroir de littérature potentielle''), notable for his wit and cynical humour. Biography Queneau wa ...

, and were published continuously by Gallimard until 1986. Cliff won the

Prix Goncourt de la Poésie The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

in 2014.

Works

* ''Homo sum'', Gallimard, in ''Cahier de poésie 1'', 1973 * ''Écrasez-le'', Gallimard, 1976 * réédition ''Écrasez-le'', précédé de ''Homo sum'', Gallimard, 2002, * ''Marcher au charbon'', Gallimard, 1978 * ''America'', Gallimard, 1983 * ''En Orient'', Gallimard, 1986 * ''Conrad Detrez'', Le Dilettante, Paris, 1990 * ''Fête Nationale'', Gallimard, 1992 * ''Autobiographie'',

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, 1993 * ''Journal d'un Innocent'', Gallimard, 1996 * ''L'État belge'', poèmes,

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, 2001 * ''La Sainte Famille'', (roman) La Table Ronde, 2001 * ''Adieu patries'', Le Rocher, coll. Anatolia, Monaco, 2001 * ''Le Passager'', (roman) Le Rocher, coll. Anatolia, Monaco, 2003 * ''Passavant la Rochère'', Virgile, 2004 * ''La Dodge'', (roman autobiographique) Le Rocher, coll. Anatolia, Monaco, 2004 * ''L'Adolescent'', (roman) Le Rocher, coll. Anatolia, Monaco, 2005, * ''Le Pain quotidien'', La Table Ronde, 2006, * ''Immense Existence'', Gallimard, 2007, * ''Épopées'', La Table Ronde, 2008, ;Translations * Jaime Gil de Biedma, ''Un corps est le meilleur ami de l'homme'', Le Rocher, coll. Anatolia *

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, ''Les Femmes et les Jours'', Le Rocher, coll. Anatolia, Monaco, 2004, *

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, ''L'Enfer'', Éditions du Hazard, 2013, La Table Ronde, 2014 *

, ''Le Purgatoire'', Éditions du Hazard, 2019, La Table Ronde, 2021

Awards and honors

*1993

Prix Maurice Carême Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...

*2001

Prix Marcel Thiry Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...

for ''L'Etat belge'' *2004

Prix triennal de poésie Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...

for ''Adieu patries'' *2007

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for oeuvre of poetry. *2007

Prix Roger-Kowalski Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...

*2010

Prix Quinquennal de littérature Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...

for oeuvre *2014

References

External links

William CLIFF (Gembloux 1940) (APFF)

"William Cliff Poésie et vérité", ''l'Humanité'', 15 April 2004 Jean-Claude Lebrun

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Alain Marc Alain Marc (born 29 January 1957) is a member of the French Senate, who represents the department of Aveyron. He was elected to the Senate on 28 September 2014. Marc served in the National Assembly of France The National Assembly (french ...

sur le ''Journal d'un innocent'' (''Poezibao'')
"Le prix quinquennal de littérature à William Cliff" at RTBF
1940 births Living people Belgian poets in French People from Gembloux {{belgium-writer-stub