Franck Venaille (1936 – 23 August 2018) was a French poet and writer.Le grand poète Franck Venaille est mort
His poetry is characterized by its expressive power, seeking to bring out the animal side of man, his impulses and anxieties.

Life

Born into a Catholic family in the XIth arrondissement of Paris, Franck Venaille was permanently marked by his military service during the

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. 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

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for three months, starting a deep attraction for

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. This is the recurring background of his poetry, particularly his major work, ''The Descent of

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'' (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

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, working in particular with the issue ''Les Nuits magnétiques''.

Awards

He received numerous awards, including the

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in 1996 for ''The Descent of the Scheldt''. Venaille's most recent book, ''It'', won the 2009 Robert Ganzo Prize and the 2009 Alain Bosquet Prize.

Works

*''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,''in''hatred''of 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

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'', Salvy, 1989. *, Le Castor Astral, The Writings of Forges, 2003. *''Opera buffa,''Printing National Literature, 1989. *''

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'', Seghers, Poets of Today, 1989. *''The Great Operas of

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'', 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 Man''in war, Paroles d'Aube, 1995, La Renaissance du livre, 2000. *''The Descent''Scheldt, 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. *''

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. The serious man,'' Jean-Michel Place, "Poetry", 2004. *''Chaos'', Mercure de France, 2007. *''It'', Mercure de France, 2009.

Translations

Research

* ''François Boddaert, Venaille Franck, Jean-Michel Place,'' "Poetry", 2005. *Review '' Le Matricule des anges'', No. 37, December 2001/février 2002. *Review ''

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'', No. 938-939, June–July 2007. *Review ''

'' (survey and interview), No. 859-860, November–December 2000.

References

External links

Franck Venaille reading of an excerpt from ''Tragic''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Venaille, Franck 1936 births 2018 deaths Writers from Paris French poets French military personnel of the Algerian War French male poets