Eugène Guillevic
Eugène Guillevic (Carnac, Morbihan, France, August 5, 1907 Carnac – March 19, 1997 Paris) was a French poet. Professionally, he went by the single name Guillevic.
Also recorded as Eugene Guillevic
Eugène Guillevic

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- Full name
- Eugène Alphonse Marie Guillevic.
- Born
- 1907. · Carnac.
- Died
- 1997. · 5th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet, translator and writer.
- Honours
- Grand prix national de la poésie, Prix Breizh, Golden Wreath, Prix Goncourt de la Poésie and Amic Prize.
- Languages
- French and Breton.
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Eugène Guillevic (Carnac, Morbihan, France, August 5, 1907 Carnac – March 19, 1997 Paris) was a French poet. Professionally, he went by the single name Guillevic.
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Life
Life
He was born in the rocky landscape and marine environment of Brittany. His father, a sailor, was a policeman and took him to Jeumont (Nord) in 1909, Saint-Jean-Brévelay (Morbihan) in 1912, and Ferrette (Haut-Rhin) in 1919. After a BA in mathematics, he was placed by the exams of 1926, in the Administration of Registration (Alsace, Ardennes). Appointed in 1935 to Paris as senior editor at the Directorate General at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, he was assigned in 1942 to control the economy. He was from 1945 to 1947 in the Cabinets of Ministers Francis Billoux (National Economy) and Charles Tillon (Reconstruction). In 1947 after the ouster of Communist ministers, he returned to the Inspector General of Economics, where his work included studies of the economy and planning, until his retirement in 1967. He was a pre-war friend of Jean Follain, who introduced him to the group Sagesse; he later belonged to the School of Rochefort. He was a practicing Catholic for about thirty years. He became a communist sympathizer during the Spanish Civil War, and in 1942 joined the Communist Party when he joined with Paul Éluard, and participated in the publications of the underground press (Pierre Seghers, Jean Lescure). His poetry is concise, straightforward as rock, rough and generous, but still suggestive, relying on a "scrupulous simplicity of diction." His poetry is also characterized by its avoidance of metaphors, in that he prefers comparisons which he considered less misleading. Guillevic collaborated often with artists to produce illustrated limited editions of his poetry, working with painters and printmakers including Julius Baltazar, Andre Beaudin, Jean Cortot, Olivier Debré, Bertrand Dorny, Jean Dubuffet, Fernand Léger, Alfred Manessier, and Patrice Pouperon. He was married to Lucie Albertini Guillevic (b. May 31, 1935), a writer and translator of Scandinavian literature.
Works translated to English
Works translated to English
• Geometries. Richard Sieburth (translator), Ugly Duckling Press, 2010. • Art Poétique. Maureen Smith (translator), Black Widow Press/Commonwealth Books, Inc., 2009. • The Sea & Other Poems. Patricia Terry (translator), Black Widow Press/Commonwealth Books, Inc., July 15, 2007, • Carnac. John Montague (translator), Bloodaxe Books December 2000, • Living in Poetry: Interviews with Guillevic. Maureen Smith (translator), Dedalus, 1999. • Euclideans. Teo Savory (translator), Unicorn Press, 1975. • Selected Poems. Denise Levertov (translator), 1968, New Directions NDP279, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 74-88726
French works
French works
• L'Expérience Guillevic (1923–1938, work documents published in 1994) • Requiem (1938, six poems not published by the author) • Terraqué, Gallimard, Paris, 1942. • Elégies, with a lithography by Jean Dubuffet, Le Calligraphe, Paris 1946 • Fractures, Éditions de Minuit, collection L'Honneur des poètes, Paris 1947 • Exécutoire, Gallimard, Paris, 1947. • Gagner, Gallimard, Paris, 1949. • Terre à bonheur, Seghers, Paris, 1952; edition augmented by Envie de vivre, Seghers, Paris, 1985. • 31 sonnets, preface by Aragon, Gallimard, Paris, 1954 (collection the author had not wanted re-issued) • Carnac, Gallimard, Paris, 1961. • Sphère, Gallimard, Paris, 1963. • Avec, Gallimard, Paris, 1966. • Euclidiennes, Gallimard, Paris, 1967. • Ville, Gallimard, Paris, 1969. • Paroi, Gallimard, Paris, 1970. • Encoches, Editeurs français réunis, Paris, 1970. • Inclus, Gallimard, Paris, 1973. • Du domaine, Gallimard, Paris, 1977. • Étier, poèmes 1965-1975, Gallimard, Paris, 1979. • Autres, poèmes 1969-1979, Gallimard, Paris, 1980. • Trouées, poèmes 1973-1980, Gallimard, Paris, 1981. • Guitare, avec des bois en couleurs de Gérard Blanchet, Les Bibliophiles de France, 1982 • Requis, poèmes 1977-1982, Gallimard, Paris, 1983. • Timbres, Ecrits des Forges, Trois-Rivières, 1986. • Motifs, poèmes 1981-1984, Gallimard, Paris, 1987. • Creusement, poèmes 1977-1986, Gallimard, Paris, 1987. • Qui, L'Instant perpétuel, Rouen, 1987 • Art poétique, poème 1985-1986, Gallimard, Paris, 1989. • Le Chant, poème 1987-1988, Gallimard, Paris, 1990. • Impacts, Deyrolle Editeur, Cognac, 1990. • Maintenant, poème 1986-1992, Gallimard, Paris, 1993. • Possibles futurs, poèmes 1982-1994, Gallimard, Paris, 1996. • Proses ou Boire dans le secret des grottes, Fischbacher, Paris, 2001 (posthumous edition by Lucie Albertini-Guillevic and Jérôme Pellissier). • Quotidiennes, poèmes 1994-1996, Gallimard, Paris, 2002. • Présent, poèmes 1987-1997, Gallimard, Paris, 2004 • Pas si bêtes'!, Seghers Jeunesse, 2004, • Relier, poèmes 1938-1996, Gallimard, Paris, 2007 (posthumous edition by Lucie Albertini-Guillevic), 810 p. • Humour blanc et autres fabliettes, Seghers Jeunesse, 2008
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Eugène Guillevic was recorded at birth as Eugène Alphonse Marie Guillevic. He also worked under the name Guillevic. The authorities additionally record the heading Eugene Guillevic. His recorded languages were French and Breton. His recorded confession was lapsed Catholic. He married Lucie Albertini.
Identity
Identity
Eugène Guillevic is recorded as having received Grand prix national de la poésie, Prix Breizh and Golden Wreath. Guillevic received Grand prix national de la poésie, Prix Breizh, Golden Wreath, Prix Goncourt de la Poésie and Amic Prize.

Ferrette (Haut-Rhin), 22 rue du Château. Maison où naquit en 1761 le dramaturge alsacien Schwingdenhammer (Lamartelière) et où le poète breton Eugène Guillevic passa son adolescence.
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Ferrette (Haut-Rhin), 22 rue du Château. Maison où naquit en 1761 le dramaturge alsacien Schwingdenhammer (Lamartelière) et où le poète breton Eugène Guillevic passa son adolescence.
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Life and career
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1907
Eugène Guillevic born at Carnac.
1997
Eugène Guillevic died at 5th arrondissement of Paris.
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Carnac.
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• Terraqué, suivi d'Exécutoire, preface by Jacques Borel, 1968. • Sphère suivi de Carnac, 1977. • Du domaine suivi de Euclidiennes. • Etier suivi de Autres, 1997. • Art poétique précédé de Paroi et suivi de Le Chant. • Possibles futurs, 2007.
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scholarly publication
- Eugène Guillevic, Voies vers l'autre, 1997
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1997
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- “Eugène Guillevic”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
• 1976 Grand Award for Poetry of the Académie française • 1984 Grand National Prize for Poetry • 1988 Prix Goncourt for poetry
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