François Montmaneix
François Montmaneix (June 4, 1938 in Lyon – October 21, 2018 in Lyon) was a French poet and writer.
François Montmaneix

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- Full name
- François Georges Montmaneix.
- Born
- 1938. · 6th arrondissement of Lyon.
- Died
- 2018. · Caluire-et-Cuire.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet.
- Honours
- Prix Guillaume Apollinaire and Louise Labé Prize.
- Languages
- French.
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Biography
Biography
François Montmaneix was for many years an important player in Lyon's cultural life, directing the Maurice-Ravel auditorium, where he created the Artrium, an exhibition gallery, and Le Rectangle, center of art, place Bellecour. A founding member of the Prix Roger-Kowalski, poetry prize of the city of Lyon created in 1984, he was also president of the Académie Mallarmé.
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6th arrondissement of Lyon.
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Caluire-et-Cuire.
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• 2015: Saisons profondes, La rumeur libre Éditions • 2015: Œuvres poétiques, tomes 1 et 2, Postface by Jean-Yves Debreuille, La rumeur libre Éditions • 2012: Laisser verdure, Préface d'Yves Bonnefoy, Le Castor Astral, Prix Théophile-Gautier 2013 of the Académie française • 2008: L'Abîme horizontal, Éditions La Différence, Prix Alain Bosquet 2008 • 2005: Jours de nuit, Éditions Le Cherche Midi • 2002: Les Rôles invisibles, Le Cherche Midi, prix Guillaume Apollinaire 2003 • 1997: Vivants, Le Cherche Midi, Prix AU.TR.ES 1997 (authors, translators, essayists) Prix Rhône-Alpes de Littérature • 1990: L'Autre versant du feu, Éditions Belfond, Prix Louise-Labé 1991 • 1985: Visage de l'eau, Belfond, Prix RTL/Poésie1 1987 • 1980: Le Livre des ruines, Belfond • 1974: Le Dé, Guy Chambelland éditeur • 1970: L'Ocre de l'air, Guy Chambelland • 1967: L'Arbre intérieur, Guy Chambelland Other works • 1977: Landstriche (lithographs by Hans-Martin Erhardt), Manus-Presse, Stuttgart • 1995: Lyon, de place en place (photographs by Agathe Bay), Éditions Les Sillons du temps • 2009: Huit heures dans un endroit où je suis né (lithographs by Jacques Truphémus), Éditions Stéphane Bachès
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