Saint-Pol-Roux

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Portrait Saint-Pol-Roux, by Félix Vallotton
Saint-Pol-Roux

Saint-Pol-Roux , actually Paul-Pierre Roux (born January 15, 1861 in Marseille (quartier Saint-Henri), † October 18, 1940 in Brest ) was a French symbolist, poet and forerunner of the Surrealists .

Life

In 1880 his first drama, Raphaelo le Pèleri , appeared and it was performed in Lyon. In 1882 he moved to Paris, where he failed his law exam because he preferred the bistro talks in the company of Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam or Maurice Maeterlinck to studies. 1883–1884 his first volumes of poetry , which were still strictly oriented towards the Parnassia , appeared. From 1885 he began his literary activity in the area of ​​the symbolist schools and magazines. With Éphraïm Mikhaël , Rodolphe Darzens and Pierre Quillard he founded the symbolist magazine Pléiade , in which texts by Maeterlinck and, among other things, the Traité du verbe by René Ghil appeared. In 1891, at a banquet in honor of Gauguin and Verlaine, he made the acquaintance of Stéphane Mallarmé , who referred to him as "his son".

In 1893 the first edition of his Stations of the Procession appeared in a volume, which Rémy de Gourmont used as an opportunity to describe him as one of the “most fruitful and amazing inventors of images and metaphors”. In 1895/1896 he withdrew from Paris with his wife Amèlie and their children and stayed for a long time in the Ardennes . In 1896 the first version of the verse drama The Lady with the Scythe was created there , which, along with Villier de l'Isle-Adams Axel, is one of the most important symbolist dramas and first appeared in 1899. In 1901 he met Victor Segalen , whose ethno-poetic work he welcomed and promoted. Their correspondence has been handed down as a document of this longstanding friendship. In the same year the first volume of the expanded, three-volume edition of the Stations of the Procession , The Rose and the Thorns on the Way was published . In 1903, after a few years in Roscanvel , he finally settled in Camaret in Brittany and built his “Manoir du Boultous” there. In 1904 the second volume of the stations appeared , From the dove to the raven over the peacock , in 1907 the third volume, Die Zauberstücke der Phantasie .

In 1910, Guillaume Apollinaire requested the Cross of Honor for Saint-Pol-Roux, which he received in 1923. André Breton paid him his first visit to Camaret in 1923 , initiating his rediscovery, which culminated in the homage for Saint-Pol-Roux (1925) and a scandalous banquet in the Closerie des Lilas . In 1926, near Brest, his “Verbal Symphony” for 250 speakers was premiered at the Pointe Saint-Mathieu. In 1930 he completed Res Poetica and Der Ausflug was published in 1932 . Two years before his death, Saint-Pol-Roux was appointed President of the Académie Mallarmé .

In 1939 he met Max Jacob for the last time in Quimper , with whom he had frequented since 1928. On the night of June 24, 1940, a German Wehrmacht soldier raided his house, killing his housekeeper and injuring his daughter Divine. On October 3rd, his “Manoir” was looted and many manuscripts destroyed. Saint-Pol-Roux died in Brest on October 18, 1940. In 1944 his "Manoir de Coecilian" (after the death of his son he named the Manoir de Boultous after him) was bombed and destroyed by the Allies, a large part of his manuscripts remain missing.

“Saint-Pol-Roux deserves first place among the living, and he can rightly be honored among them as the only authentic forerunner of the so-called Modern Movement. It would be easy to show what cubism, futurism and surrealism owe to him "

- André Breton

Works

Publications during his lifetime

Saint-Pol-Roux has contributed to the following magazines: La Jeune France, La Pléiade from 1886 and from 1889, Le Moderniste, Le Mercure de France, La Plume, La Revue Blanche, Les Entretiens politiques et littéraires, L'En-dehors, L'Echo de Paris, Le Livre d'art, L'Ermitage, L'Art Littéraire, Les Essais d'art libre, Le Courrier social illustré, La Société nouvelle, Le Coq rouge, Arte, La Vogue, La Revue d ' art dramatique, La nouvelle revue modern, Poesia, Vers et Prose, La Phalange, Montjoie, La Revue de l'époque, La Dépêche de Brest, Intentions, Comoedia, Le Mail, Le Manuscrit autographe, La ligne de coeur, Le Grand Jeu , Les Nouvelles littéraires, La Grive, L'Esprit français, Ouest Eclair, La Revue de l'ouest, Le journal des poètes, Les feuillets inutiles, Minotaure, Visages du monde, Le Pain blanc, Le Pont Mirabeau, etc.

  • Raphaëlo le pèlerin , imprimerie de H. Olivier, Paris, 1879.
Under the name of Saint-Paul de Roux
  • Raphaëlo le pèlerin , Pinet (Marseille) et Josserand (Lyon), 1880
Under the name Paul Roux
  • Mom! , Ollendorff, 1883
  • Garçon d'honneur , Ollendorff, 1883
  • Le Poète , Ghio, 1883
  • Un drôle de mort , Ghio, 1884
  • Rêve de duchesse , Ghio, 1884
  • La Ferme , Ghio, 1886
Under the name of Saint-Pol-Roux
  • Bouc émissaire , sn, 1889
  • L'ame noire du prieur blanc , Mercure de France 1893
  • Les Reposoirs de la procession , vol 1., Mercure de France, 1893
  • L'Épilogue des saisons humaines , Mercure de France 1893
  • La Dame à la faux , Mercure de France, 1899
  • Les Reposoirs de la procession , vol. I: La Rose et les épines du chemin , Mercure de France, 1901
  • Anciennetés , Mercure de France, 1903
  • Les Reposoirs de la procession , vol. II: De la colombe au corbeau par le paon , Mercure de France, 1904
  • Les Reposoirs de la procession , vol. III: Les Féeries intérieures , Mercure de France, 1907
  • Les Féeries intérieures , 1907
  • La Mort du Berger , Broulet, Brest, 1938, 69 p.
  • La Supplique du Christ , 1939.

Literary estate

New and first-time publications available in French, partly reconstructed
  • Bretagne est Univers , Broulet, Brest, 1941
  • Florilège Saint-Pol-Roux , L'Amitié par le Livre, 1943
  • Anciennetés , Seuil, 1946
  • L'Ancienne à la coiffe innombrable , Éd. du Fleuve, Nantes, 1946
  • Août , Broder, 1958
  • Saint-Pol-Roux "Les plus belles pages" , Mercure de France, 1966
  • Le Trésor de l'homme , Rougerie , Mortemart, 1970
  • La Répoétique , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1971
  • Cinéma vivant , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1972
  • Vitesse , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1973
  • Les Traditions de l'avenir , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1974
  • Saint-Pol-Roux / Victor Segalen , Correspondance , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1975
  • La Transfiguration de la guerre , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1976
  • Genèses , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1976
  • La Randonnée , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1977
  • De l'art magnifique , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1978
  • La Dame à la faulx , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1979
  • Les Reposoirs de la procession , vol. I: La Rose et les épines du chemin , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1980
  • Les Reposoirs de la procession , vol. II: De la colombe au corbeau par le paon , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1980
  • Les Reposoirs de la procession , vol. III: Les Féeries intérieures , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1981
  • Le Tragique dans l'homme , vol. I: Les Personnages de l'individu, Les Saisons humaines, Tristan la Vie , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1983
  • Le Tragique dans l'homme , vol. II: Monodrames, L'Âme noire du prieur blanc, Fumier , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1984
  • Trays. 1885-1895 , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1986
  • Idéoréalités. 1895-1914 , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1987
  • Glorifications. 1914-1930 , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1992
  • Vendanges , Rougerie, Mortemart, 1993
  • La Besace du solitaire , Rougerie, Mortemart, 2000, ISBN 2856680658
  • Les Ombres tutélaires , Rougerie, Mortemart, 2005, ISBN 2856681123
  • Litanies de la mer , Rougerie, Mortemart, 2010, ISBN 2856681581

German edition

Work edition, ed. by Joachim Schultz and Rolf A. Burkart

The following were published from 1986 to 1997:

  • Volume 7: The excursion, transl .: Chantal Strasser & Joachim Schultz, Verlag Rolf A. Burkart, Berlin, 1986
  • Volume 16: Saint-Pol-Roux / Victor Segalen correspondence, transl .: Joachim Schultz, Verlag Rolf A. Burkart, Berlin, 1986
  • Volume 6: The Traditions of the Future, Translator: Joachim Schultz, Verlag Rolf A. Burkart, Berlin, 1987
  • Volume 11: The human treasure, transl .: Dagmar Plugge & Ralph Schönball, Verlag Rolf A. Burkart, Berlin, 1988
  • Volume 12: Res Poetica or The Republic of Poesie, [contains La Répoetique and Genèses], transl .: Rolf A. Burkart & Jean-Pierre Perrier, Verlag Rolf A. Burkart, Berlin, 1989
  • Volume 2: The stations of the procession I: The rose and the thorns on the way, Translator: Joachim Schultz, Verlag Rolf A. Burkart, Berlin, 1992
  • Volume 15: Lebendiges Kino, Verlag Rolf A. Burkart, Bad Kreuznach, transl .: Joachim Schultz, 1995
  • Volume 3: The stations of the procession II: From the dove to the raven over the peacock, Translator: Ute Eckelkamp et al., Verlag Rolf A. Burkart, Bad Kreuznach, 1997

The publishing house Rolf A. Burkart had to stop its publishing engagement for the edition of the work; the search for a successor publisher was unsuccessful.

The following volumes could no longer be published (although some were translated):

  • Volume 1: From Magnificism to Ideorealism
  • Volume 4: The Stations of the Procession III: The Magic Pieces of Fantasy
  • Volume 5: The lady with the scythe
  • Volume 8: Tablets
  • Volume 9: The tragedy of man I and II
  • Volume 10: The Transfiguration of War / Glorifications
  • Volume 13: ideological realities
  • Volume 14: speed
  • "Speed" was published in 2013 by Matthes & Seitz (Berlin). Translation and preface: Joachim Schultz. Epilogue: Aurel Schmidt.
  • Supplement I: Saint-Pol-Roux - The gentle avant-garde

literature

German
French
  • Louis Aragon: Saint-Pol-Roux ou l'espoir, Seghers, Brest 1945
  • Auguste Bergot: Le Solitaire de Camaret, Poésia, Brest 1947
  • Auguste Bergot: Épaves du Magnifique, Poésia, Brest 1950
  • Théophile Briant: Saint-Pol-Roux, Paris 1952
  • Paul Pelleau: Saint-Pol-Roux, le crucifié. Du fleuve, Paris 1946
  • Special issue Saint-Pol-Roux & André Suarès of Europe magazine , No. 709, Paris May 1988

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personal data
SURNAME Saint-Pol-Roux
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roux, Paul-Pierre (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Marseille (quartier Saint-Henri)
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1940
Place of death Brest