Jean Joubert (27 February 1928 – 28 November 2015) was a French novelist, short story writer, and poet. He won the 1978

Prix Mallarmé The Prix Mallarmé is a poetry prize awarded each year by the Académie Mallarmé to a French speaking poet. To be eligible for the prize the poet must have published a piece in the year concerned, even though the prize does not reward a specific pi ...

for ''Poems: 1955–1975''. He won the 1975

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for ''L'Homme de sable''.

Life

Joubert was born in

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. He taught American literature at the Université Paul Valéry. He died on 28 November 2015, aged 87.

Works

Works in English

* *''Black iris: poems'', Translator Denise Levertov, Copper Canyon Press, 1988 *''White owl and blue mouse'', Translator Denise Levertov, Illustrator Michel Gay, Zoland Books, 1990,

Works in French

Novels

*''La Forêt blanche'' (White Forest), Grasset, 1969 *''Un bon sauvage'' (A Good Savage)'','' Grasset, 1972 *''L'Homme de sable'' (Sandman), Grasset, 1975, Prix Renaudot. (adolescents - niveau lycée) *''Les Sabots rouges'' (Red Hooves)'','' Grasset, 1979 et Éditions de l'Ecluse, 2007 *''Mademoiselle Blanche'' (Miss White)'','' Grasset 1990, et Domens poche 2008. *''Une Embellie, Actes Sud'' (An Embellishment, Acts South)'','' 1996, (Prix Méditerranée des Lycéens, 1996) *''Les enfants de Noé'' (Noah's Children), 1988 *''Un peu avant la nuit'' (A Little Before Dark), Actes Sud, 2001

Poetry

*''Les Lignes de la Main'' (Lines of the Hand), Seghers (Prix Artaud 1956) *''Les Poèmes - 1955-1975'' (Poems - 1955-1975), Grasset, 1977 (Prix de l'Académie Mallarmé) *''Les Vingt-Cinq Heures du jour'' (Twenty-five Hours of the Day), Grasset, 1987 *''La Main de feu'', Grasset (The Hand of Fire), 1993, (adolescents) *''Anthologie personnelle'' (Personal Anthology)'','' Actes Sud, 1997, (adolescents) *''Arche de la parole'' (Ark (?) of the World), Le Cherche-Midi, 2001 *''État d'urgence : Poèmes'' (State of Emergency: Poems) ''1996-2008'', Editinter, 2008

Short stories

*''Le Sphinx et autres récits'' (

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and Other Stories), Le Cherche-Midi, 1978 *''L'Assistant français'' (The French Assistant), Entailles, Phulippe Nadal éditeur, 1988 *''Claire dans le miroir et autres nouvelles'' (Claire in the Mirror and Other News), Mélis Éditions, 2004

Children's novels

*''Hibou blanc et souris bleue'' (White Owl and Blue Mouse), l'École des loisirs, 1978 *''Mystère à Papendroch'' (Mystery in Papendroch)'','' l'École des loisirs, 1982 *''Histoires de la forêt profonde'' (Deep Forest Stories), l'École des loisirs, 1984 *''Les Enfants de Noé'' (Noah's Children), l'École des loisirs, 1987 *''Le Pays hors du monde'' (The Country Outside the World), l'École des loisirs, 1991 *''À la recherche du rat-trompette'' (In Search of the Trumpet Rat), l'École des loisirs, 1993 *''Bongrochagri'', Éditions Grandir, 1994 *''La Pie Magda'' (

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Magda)'', belle brigande'', l'École des loisirs, 1995 *''Le Chien qui savait lire'' (The Dog Who Could Read)'','' l'École des loisirs, 1996 *''L'Été américain'' (American Summer), l'École des loisirs, 1998, (Médium poche) *''Mademoiselle Nuit'' (Miss Night)'','' l'École des loisirs, 2000, (Médium poche) *''Blouson bleu'' (Blue Jacket)'','' Autres Temps jeunesse, 2001 *''Le Roi Jean et son chien'' (King John and his Dog)'','' Grandir, 2001 *''La jeune femme à la rose'' (The Young Lady With the Rose), l'École des loisirs, 2002 *''Voyage à Poudrenville'' (Trip to Poudrenville), Éd. des Livres, 2003 *''Adrien dragon'' (Dragon Adrian), Éditions Grandir, 2003 *''Jean, il y a des souris dans la cuisine'' (Jean, there are Mice in the Kitchen), l'École des loisirs, 2005 *''Mini-contes pour enfants pointus'' (Mini Tales for Sharp Children), Pluie d'Étoiles, 2007

Children's poetry

*''Poèmes de la lune et de quelques étoiles'' (Poems of the Moon and Some Stars), l'École des loisirs, 1992 *''L'Amitié des bêtes'' (The Friendship of Animals), l'École des loisirs, 1997 *''La Maison du poète'' (The Poet's House), Éditions Pluie d'Étoiles, 1999 *''Petite musique du jour'' (Little Music of the Day), Pluies d'Étoiles, 2004 *''Chemin de neige Lo Païs d'enfance'' ( Lo Pais Snow Trail), Éditions du Rocher, 2006 *''Arbre, mon ami'' (Tree, my friend) (story-poem) Album, Éditions Grandir, 2009

References

External links

*http://poemsandtheirmusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/brilliant-sky-by-jean-joubert.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Joubert, Jean People from Loiret 1928 births 2015 deaths 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists 20th-century French poets 21st-century French poets 21st-century French male writers Prix Renaudot winners Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) French children's writers French male novelists 20th-century French male writers