Letters to Eugène
Correspondence: 1977-1987
$35.41
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2022
Summary
Hervé Guibert’s incandescent correspondence with Belgian poet Eugène Savitzkaya.
In 1977, Hervé Guibert discovered the first novel written by Eugène Savitzkaya, Mentir, and sent him his La mort propagande, which had just been published. In the following years, they exchanged the books they had written, read each other, and appreciated each other. They saw each other rarely, however—one lived in Liège, the other Paris.
A turning point occurred in 1982, when He…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781635901726 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1635901723 |
| Author: | Herve Guibert, Eugène Savitzkaya |
| Publisher: | Semiotext (E) |
| Imprint: | Semiotext |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm |
| Series: | Semiotext(e) / Native Agents |
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About The Author
Herve Guibert
Herve Guibert (1955-1991) was a writer, a photography critic for Le Monde, a photographer, and a filmmaker. In 1984 he and Patrice Chereau were awarded a Cesar for best screenplay for L’Homme Blesse. Shortly before his death from AIDS, he completed La Pudeur ou L’impudeur, a video work that chronicles the last days of his life.
Eug ne Savitzkaya is a French language poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist from Li ge, Belgium. Born in Saint-Nicolas, Belgium, in 1955, he has written several books of poetry-including Les couleurs de boucherie and Bufo bufo bufo-and many theater pieces.
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