Bernard Noël
Bernard Noël (19 November 1930 – 13 April 2021) was a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie (National Grand Prize of Poetry) in 1992, the Prix Robert Ganzo (Robert Ganzo Prize) in 2010, as well as the Grand prix de poésie from the Académie Française for his entire poetic work in 2016. His book Le Reste du Voyage was translated into English by Eléna Rivera and published by Graywolf Press in 2011; it won the Robert Fagles Translation Prize from the National Poetry Series.
Also recorded as Urbain d'Orlhac
Bernard Noël
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- Full name
- Urbain Bernard Fernand Noël.
- Born
- 1930. · Sainte-Geneviève-sur-Argence.
- Died
- 2021. · Laon.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet, publisher, writer, playwright, literary critic, translator, art critic and essayist.
- Fields
- French literature, literary criticism and art criticism.
- Honours
- Grand prix national de la poésie, Prix Antonin-Artaud, Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, Prix France Culture, Max Jacob Prize and Grand prix de poésie de la SGDL.
- Languages
- French and English.
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Bernard Noël (19 November 1930 – 13 April 2021) was a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie (National Grand Prize of Poetry) in 1992, the Prix Robert Ganzo (Robert Ganzo Prize) in 2010, as well as the Grand prix de poésie from the Académie Française for his entire poetic work in 2016. His book Le Reste du Voyage was translated into English by Eléna Rivera and published by Graywolf Press in 2011; it won the Robert Fagles Translation Prize from the National Poetry Series.
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Noël published his first book of poetry, Les Yeux Chimeres, in 1955. This was followed by the prose poems Extraits du corps (Essence of the body or Extracts from the text) in 1958. He then waited nine years before publishing his next book, La Face de silence (The Face of Silence, 1967), and eventually the controversial Le Château de Cène (Castle supper, 1969), erotic fiction that has been read as a protest against the war in Algeria. Noël is also known for his artists' books in collaboration with Gérard Serée. He also kept up a correspondence with the Italian poet Nella Nobili when she moved to Paris.
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1930
Bernard Noël born at Sainte-Geneviève-sur-Argence.
2021
Bernard Noël died at Laon.
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Sainte-Geneviève-sur-Argence.
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- 1.L'Écrivain Bernard Noël est mort. Le Monde.fr. 14 April 2021.
- 2.Agence Bretagne Presse. Six prix littéraires remis au festival Étonnants Voyageurs de Saint-Malo. 24 May 2010.
- 3.Tribute by Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin to Bernard Noël. www.culture.gouv.fr.
- 4.Noël, Bernard. Le reste du voyage: poèmes. POL. 1997. 978-2-86744-585-9.
- 5.Noël, Bernard. The rest of the voyage: poems. Graywolf Press. 2011. 978-1-55597-600-2.
- 6.Robert Fagles Translation Prize Archives. National Poetry Series.
- 7.Rothwell, Andrew. From aquarium to anatomist's table: Les Yeux Chimeres and the early poetics of Bernard Noel. Modern Language Review. 102. 3. 701–722. July 2007. 10.2307/20467429.
- 8.Bernard Noël, vers de l'humain en formation. L'Humanité. 23 June 2005.
- 9.Points chauds. L'Humanité. 1 March 2010.
- 10.Gerard Seree, Notes of biography, Gallery Michelle Champetier, 2020
- 11.Ressource «Nobili, Nella (1926-1985)» -. Mnesys.
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