Emmanuel Hocquard
Emmanuel Hocquard (born April 11, 1940 in Cannes - † January 27, 2019 in Mérilheu , Hautes-Pyrénées ) was a French writer and translator .
Life
Hocquard grew up in Tangier . He was the co-founder and editor of the small publishing house Orange Export Ltd. (1973–1986) and edited two important anthologies of contemporary American poetry with Claude Royet-Journoud . 21 + 1: Poètes américains d'aujourdhui with the corresponding English version 21 + 1: American Poets Today (1986) and 49 + 1 (1989). In 1989, Hocquard founded Un bureau sur l'Atlantique , an association that promotes links between French and American poets.
In addition to poetry, Hocquard has written essays and a novel , and has translated into French American and Portuguese authors such as Charles Reznikoff , Michael Palmer , Paul Auster , Benjamin Hollander , Antonio Cisneros and Fernando Pessoa . His own work has been partially translated into English by Rosmarie Waldrop and published in the USA. He made the video film Le Voyage à Reykjavik with Alexandre Delay . He also worked with Anne-Marie Albiach .
He died on January 27, 2019 at the age of 78 in Mérilheu.
Works
Monographs:
- Album d'images de la villa Harris , Hachette / POL, Paris 1978
- Les dernières nouvelles de l'expédition sont datées du 15 février 17 .. , Hachette / POL, Paris, 1979
- Une journée dans le détroit , Hachette / POL, Paris, 1980
- Une ville ou une petite île , Hachette / POL, Paris, 1981
- Aerea dans les forêts de Manhattan , POL, Paris, 1985. Prix France Culture
- Des nuages & des brouillards , Specters Familiers, 1985
- with Alexandre Delay: Le Modèle et son peintre , Villa Médicis, Rome, 1987
- Un privé à Tanger , POL, Paris, 1987
- La Bibliothèque de Trieste , Éditions Royaumont, Asnières sur Oise, 1988
- Le Cap de Bonne-Espérance , POL, Paris, 1989
- Deux étages avec terrasse et vue sur le détroit , Royaumont, Asnières sur Oise, 1989
- Les Elégies , POL, Paris, 1990
- Théorie des tables , POL, Paris, 1992
- Tout le monde se ressemble , POL, Paris, 1995
- Un test de solitude , POL, Paris, 1998
- Le Consul d'Islande , POL, Paris, 2000
- Ma Haie , POL, Paris, 2001
- L'Invention du verre , POL, Paris, 2003
- Conditions de lumière , POL, Paris, 2007, ISBN 978-284682-205-3
Anthologies:
- with Claude Royet-Journoud: 21 + 1 Poètes américains d'aujourd'hui , édition Delta, université de Montpellier, 1986
- with Claude Royet-Journoud: 49 + 1 Nouveaux poètes américains , un bureau sur l'Atlantique, Royaumont, 1991
Web links
- "Un bureau sur l'Atlantique" site at EPC , includes detailed description of this organization
- Homepage at durationpress.com includes a transcribed conversation with Royet-Journoud & poems
- Steve Evans reviews "Un test de solitude" from Jacket Magazine
- This Story is Mine , a site providing an interactive reading of this Hocquard book
- Audio files @ PENNsound listen to Hocquard read from his work
- AUTEURS INVITéS: Emmanuel Hocquard In French. Describes Hocquard in terms of “la modernité négative”.
- Emmanuel Hocquard and The Poetry of Negative Modernity a synopsis of a book project by Glenn W. Fetzer, for which he was awarded a Camargo Foundation Fellowship: 2003 (Winter-Spring)
- French Poetry since 1950: Tendencies III by Jean-Michel Maulpoix
- Hocquard's cartographies essay by Glenn Fetzer, published by Symposium : 06/22/2002, and available at accessmylibrary.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le poète Emmanuel Hocquard est mort Le Monde , accessed on January 28, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hocquard, Emmanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cannes |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 2019 |
| Place of death | Mérilheu , Hautes-Pyrénées department |