Alain Borne
Alain Borne (12 January 1915 – 21 December 1962) was a 20th-century French poet. A lawyer in Montélimar, he lived relatively unknown to the literary circles in Paris. But he was very close to Pierre Seghers.
Alain Borne
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- Born
- 12 January 1915
- Birthplace
- Saint-Pont (Allier)
- Died
- 21 December 1962
- Place of death
- Lapalud (Vaucluse),
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- France
- Honours
- Prix Antonin-Artaud
- Languages
- French
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Alain Borne (12 January 1915 – 21 December 1962) was a 20th-century French poet. A lawyer in Montélimar, he lived relatively unknown to the literary circles in Paris. But he was very close to Pierre Seghers.
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Biography
Borne was killed in a car accident about fifty kilometers north of Avignon. Half of his work has since been published.
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Key facts
• Born — 12 January 1915 • Birthplace — Saint-Pont (Allier) • Died — 21 December 1962 • Place of death — Lapalud (Vaucluse), • Occupation — Poet
Works
Works
• 1939: Cicatrices de Songes, Feuillets de l'îlot (Prix du Goéland 1939) • 1941: Neige et 20 Poèmes, éditions Seghers • 1942: Contre-feu, Cahiers du Rhône • 1943: Seuils, École de Rochefort • 1945: Brefs, Confluences • 1945: Regardez mes mains vides, PAB Pierre-André Benoit • 1945: Terre de l'été, Robert Laffont • 1946: Poèmes à Lislei, Seghers • 1947: L'Eau Fine, Éditions Gallimard • 1951: O P. 10, PAB Pierre-André Benoit • 1953: En une seule injure, Éditions Rougerie (Prix Antonin-Artaud (1954) • 1953: Orties, Henneuse • 1954: Demain la nuit sera parfaite, Rougerie • 1955: Treize, PAB Pierre-André Benoit • 1957: Adresses au vent, translated into Italian by G. A. Brunelli, Capitoli • 1959: Encore, Rougerie • 1961: Encres, Club du poème Posthumous • 1962: L'amour brûle le circuit, Club du poème • 1963: La Dernière Ligne, Club du poème • 1964: La nuit me parle de toi, Rougerie • 1964: Célébration du hareng, (prose) Robert Morel • 1965: Les fêtes sont fanées followed by La dernière ligne, Club du poème • 1969: Encres, édition définitive, Club du poème • 1969: Vive la mort, Guy Chambelland • 1969: Le Facteur Cheval, (prose) éditions Robert Morel, photographs by Henriette Grindat • 1971: Indociles, Club du poème • 1971: Le Plus Doux Poignard, Chambelland • 1974: Complaintes, Saint-Germain-des-Prés • 1980: Œuvres poétiques complètes, tome 1, Curandera • 1981: Œuvres poétiques complètes, tome 2, Curandera • 1991: Textes inédits, prose et correspondance, magazine Voix d'encre n° 3/4 • 1992: Seul avec la beauté, (first anthology of unpublished poems), éditions Voix d'encre • 1994: L'amour, la vie, la mort, (Second anthology of unpublished poems), éditions Voix d'encre • 1999: Poèmes inédits, magazine Voix d'encre, n° 20 • 2000: La marquise sortit à 5 heures, (short stories), éditions Voix d'encre • 2001: Terre de l'été followed by Poèmes à Lislei, Éditions Editinter, reprint • 2001: En passant par le lycée... Alain Borne, lycée Alain Borne • 2001: Un brasier de mots, poems compiled by Alain Blanc, éditions Voix d'encre • 2002: L'eau fine followed by En une seule injure, Éditions Editinter, reprint • 2002: célébration du hareng, poésie/première 22, reprint • 2002: Encres, Atelier du Hanneton, reprint • 2003: Poèmes d'amour, (anthology) Le Cherche midi • 2006: la nuit me parle de toi, Trident neuf, reprint • 2008: Treize followed by Indociles, éditions Fondencre, reprint • 2014: L'iris marchait de son odeur, unpublished proses and poems compiled by Alain Blanc, éditions Voix d'encre • 2015: L'amour brûle le circuit, Encres, Les fêtes sont fanées, La dernière ligne followed by extracts of his diary, éditions Fondencre, reprint • 2016: Brefs, followed by Orties and Adresses au vent, éditions Voix d'encre, reprint • 2016: Seuils, followed by Regardez mes mains vides, Op. 10 and Treize, éditions Voix d'encre, reprint
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