Franck Venaille

The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, poetry and prose. Employment is recorded with France Culture. Distinctions recorded are Mallarmé Prize, Roger-Kowalski award, Grand Prix de Poésie and Prix Goncourt de la Poésie.

Born into a Catholic family in the XIth arrondissement of Paris, Franck Venaille was permanently marked by his military service during the Algerian War. This test resurfaces from time to time in his poetry, even in its most recent works. It forms the explicit subject of The War of Algeria (1978) and Algeria (2004). In his childhood, he stayed in Belgium for three months, starting a deep attraction for Flanders. This is the recurring background of his poetry, particularly his major work, The Descent of Scheldt (1995). He is close to painters Peter Klasen and Jacques Monory, who exerted a significant influence on his work. He works at the magazine Poetic Action (1960) and Orange Export Ltd. (1980). He also founded the journals Chorus (1968) and Mr. Bloom (1978). From 1974, he worked for France Culture, working in particular with the issue Les Nuits magnétiques.

• Identity papers, PJO, 1966. • The thunderstruck Apprentice, PJO, 1969, Ubacs, 1986, The Writings of Forges, 1987. • Why are you crying, saying why are you crying? Because the sky is blue... Because the sky is blue!, PJO, 1972, The Feugraie Workshop, 1984. • Two (in collaboration with Jacques Monory), offprint, 1973. • Caballero Hotel, Les Editions de Minuit, 1974. • The War in Algeria, Les Editions de Minuit, 1978. • As a torn book,inhatredof poetry, Christian Bourgois, 1979. • Jack to Jack,Luneau-Ascot, 1981. • The procession of penitents,Mr. Bloom, 1983. * * * • The spoiled Children, in The Missing Diplomats of Cyril Connolly, Salvy, 1989. •, Le Castor Astral, The Writings of Forges, 2003. • Opera buffa,Printing National Literature, 1989. • Umberto Saba, Seghers, Poets of Today, 1989. • The Great Operas of Mozart, Printing Office, 1989. • Frans van Etterbeek, in "Directions in Literary Lozère: Cevennes, Jacques Bremond, 1989. • KLASEN, opera in three acts and fifteen scenes, Marval, Galerie Fanny Guillon Lafaille, 1989. • The Sultan of Istanbul, Salvy, Les Ecrits des Forges, 1991. • Pierre Morhange, Seghers, "Poets of Today, 1992. * • The Manin war, Paroles d'Aube, 1995, La Renaissance du livre, 2000. • The DescentScheldt, Obsidian, 1995. • Write cons father, Jacques Bremond, 1996. • The Horse Erasmus, in Second homes, Cadex, 1996. • Captain anxiety animal, Obsidiane - Weather, 1998. • The Court horses, the crossbow -Gallimard, 2000. • Tragic, Obsidian, 2001. • Dead Hooray!, Obsidian, 2003. • Algeria, Melville / Leo Scheer, 2004. • Pierre Jean Jouve. The serious man, Jean-Michel Place, "Poetry", 2004. • Chaos, Mercure de France, 2007. • It, Mercure de France, 2009.

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• François Boddaert, Venaille Franck, Jean-Michel Place, "Poetry", 2005. • Review Le Matricule des anges, No. 37, December 2001/février 2002. • Review Europe, No. 938-939, June–July 2007. • Review Europe (survey and interview), No. 859-860, November–December 2000.

Franck Venaille is recorded with the occupation radio producer. Recorded at birth as François Venaille. Recorded as having received Mallarmé Prize, Roger-Kowalski award and Grand Prix de Poésie.