Louis-René des Forêts
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Louis-René des Forêts (January 28, 1916 – December 31, 2000) was a French writer.
Life
Des Forêts's only novel, The Beggars (Les Mendiants) was published by Éditions Gallimard in 1943. The rest of his works include shorter narratives, among which his best known work, Le Bavard, and poetry.[1] His work has been commented on by authors such as Maurice Blanchot or Yves Bonnefoy.[2]
In 1954, Des Forêts co-founded a committee against the Algerian war, with Dionys Mascolo, Edgar Morin and Robert Antelme. In 1967, he co-founded the literary journal L'Éphémère with writers Yves Bonnefoy, André du Bouchet, Paul Celan, Jacques Dupin, Michel Leiris and others.
Des Forêts received several literary prizes in France and Belgium. He was awarded the Grand prix national des Lettres for the entirety of his work in 1997.
Des Forêts was also a painter.[3]
Bibliography
- Les Mendiants (Gallimard, 1943). The Beggars, trans. Helen Beauclerk (D. Dobson, 1948)
- Le Bavard (Gallimard, 1946)
- La Chambre des enfants: récits (Gallimard, 1960). Includes: "Un malade en forêt"; "Les grands moments d'un chanteur"; "La chambre des enfants"; "Une mémoire démentielle"; "Dans un miroir".
- Les Mégères de la mer (Mercure de France, 1967)
- Voies et détours de la fiction (Fata Morgana, 1985)
- Un malade en forêt (Fata Morgana, 1985)
- Le Malheur au Lido (Fata Morgana, 1987)
- Poèmes de Samuel Wood (Fata Morgana, 1988). Poems of Samuel Wood, trans. Anthony Barnett (Allardyce Book, 2011)
- Face à l'immémorable (Fata Morgana, 1993)
- Ostinato (Mercure de France, 1997). Ostinato, trans. Mary Ann Caws (University of Nebraska Press, 2002)
- Pas à pas jusqu'au dernier (Mercure de France, 2001)
Compilations in English
- The Children’s Room, trans. Jean Stewart (Calder, 1963). Includes: The Bavard; "The Children's Room"; "The Great Moments of a Singer"; and "Disordered Silence".
On Des Forêts’s work
- "Third person singular", Harry Guest, 17 July 1998, Times Literary Supplement, Literature & Poetry
- "French Literature", John Taylor, 14 April 2003, Times Literary Supplement, Literature & Poetry
Notes and references
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