Denis Clavel (22 June 1942 – 24 March 2024) was a French poet and politician. He published approximately 20 collections of poetry from 1963 to 2020.
Biography
Born in
Annecy
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on 22 June 1942, Clavel met
Jean Lurçat
Jean Lurçat (; 1 July 1892 – 6 January 1966) was a French artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry.
Biography
He was born in Bruyères, Vosges, the son of Lucien Jean Baptiste Lurçat and Marie Emilie Marguerite ...
in 1963, during his first publication of poetry at the
Château d'Annecy
The Château d'Annecy is a restored castle which dominates the old French town of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie ''Departments of France, département''. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, ''le musée-château d'Annec ...
. Lurçat entrusted him with the creation of a poetic commentary of his art, the tapestry '. His following collections were primarily edited by and he maintained significant correspondence with
Pierre Emmanuel and . In 1992, Haldas dedicated a poem to him in the collection ''La Blessure essentielle''. During his career, Clavel received praise from
Robert Sabatier. He also served as
Mayor
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of
Arâches-la-Frasse
Arâches-la-Frasse () is Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in south-eastern France.
Situated in the northern French Alps, the commune sits on ...
from 1971 to 1983.
Denis Clavel died in
Cluses
Cluses (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
Citizens are known as ''Clusiens''. The commune is situated in the Arve Valley, on the river which bears the same name. Cluse ...
on 24 March 2024, at the age of 81.
Publications
*''Fenêtre sur la mer'' (1963)
*''Le Chant du monde'' (1963)
*''Le Goût du feu et Journal d'un pharisien'' (1969)
*''La Genèse du poème'' (1972)
*''Opéra sur la vitre'' (1972)
*''Paysage clandestin'' (1976)
*''Distance apprivoisée'' (1978)
*''Les Regards contagieux'' (1981)
*''La Ténèbre'' (1983)
*''Lazare'' (1984)
*''Le Chant de la créature'' (1988)
*''Le Poème'' (1990)
*''Métier d'homme'' (1990)
*''Porte d'âge'' (1992)
*''La Fin du temps'' (1994)
*''La Théorie de Delphes'' (2002)
*''Je ne vois aucune différence de principe entre un poème et une poignée de main'' (2007)
*''Le Livre du repos'' (2009)
*''Le Jardin de Talèfre'' (2011)
*''Infinition de l'heure'' (2018)
*''Le temps ordinaire'' (2020)
References
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1942 births
2024 deaths
20th-century French poets
21st-century French poets
20th-century mayors of places in France
Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
People from Annecy