Mathieu Bénézet (7 February 1946 in

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'', 12 July 2013. in Paris) was a French writer and poet.

Biography

Writer

Bénézet's literary work is protean. Recognized primarily as one of the most important poets of his generation, he is also the author of numerous essays, texts in prose (mixing creation and reflections) and novels. He questions every discipline he invests. He also develops elegiac, lyrical forms, short or long poems, the dramatic poem, and so on. Never didactic (rather upsetting because upset), his poetry is crossed by his aesthetic or philosophical reflections. Marqued, as a young man, by his meeting with

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, his work attempts a synthesis between their respective works. Deeply singular, this work will offer from his first books a new way. his influence will be considerable as it will play a central role in the 70s and 80s with poets such as

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. His love of poetry commanded his advances in his fields and his multiple support manifested as editor and essayist as well as man of radio. In 2013, he was awarded the for his life achievement in poetry.

Editor and radio personality

Bénézet created several magazines such as ''Empreintes'' (1963–1965), ''Première Livraison'' (with

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) and ' (from 1976 to 1981, with

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). He was an éditor at

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, and . In addition he directed several programs on

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, including ''Entre-revues'' and, until 2009, ''Reconnaissance à...''.

Publications

*1968: ''L’Histoire de la peinture en trois volumes'',

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, prefaced by Aragon *1970: ''Biographies'', Gallimard *1976: ''Dits et récits du mortel'', Ménippée, Flammarion *1978: ''L’Imitation de Mathieu Bénézet'', melodrama, Flammarion *1979: ''La Fin de l’homme'', unfinished novel, Flammarion *1979: ''Ceci est mon corps'', 1, melange, Flammarion *1981: ''Pantin, canal de l’Ourcq'', novel, Flammarion *1984: ''Choses parmi les choses'', essay to see, Ubacs *1984: ''Le Travail d’amour'', poetry, Flammarion *1986: ''Ceci est mon corps'', 2, miscellanées, Flammarion *1987: ''Roman journalier'', prose, Flammarion *1988: ''Votre solitude'', poetry, Seghers *1988: ''L’Instant d'une quantité de parole'', narrative, Éd. Comp'Act *1990: ''Les XXXX'' followed by ''Trente-Neuf Quatrains'', poetry, Éd. Comp'Act *1991: ''Ubacs. Numéro 10. Mathieu Bénézet'', Éditions Ubacs,

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*1994: ''L’Océan jusqu’à toi'', rime, Flammarion *1996: ''Ode à la poésie'', Éd. William Blake and Co *1996: ''André Breton, rêveur définitif'', essay to read,

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*1997: ''Simples considérations. Considérations simple'', with Alain Coulange, Éd. du Rocher *1997: ''Eh ! L’homme qui fait des hommes...'', essay to see, Adélie *1998: ''Détails apostilles'', Flammarion *1998: ''Orphée, imprécation'', Éd. Le Bel Aujourd'hui *1998: L’instant d’une quantité de parole'', narrative, Éditions Comp’Act *1999: ''Moi, Mathieu Bas-Vignons, fils de...'', novel,

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*2000: ''L’Aphonie de Hegel'', poetry,

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*2000: ''L’Homme au jouet d’enfant'', Ubacs *2002: ''Naufrage, naufrage'', novel, *2002: ''Et nous n’apprîmes rien : poésie (1962-1979)'', Flammarion *2002: ''Le Roman de la langue'', essay, followed by ''Écrire encore'', 1997, Horlieu *2003: ''Images vraies'', petit roman, le préau des Collines *2004: ''Tancrède'', novel, Léo Scheer *2005: ''Ceci est mon corps, mélanges & miscellanées'', Flammarion/Léo Scheer *2005: ''Mais une galaxie, une anthologie, 1977-2000'', Obsidian &

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) *2007: ''La Terrasse de Leopardi'', Propos 2 *2008: ''Ne te confie qu’à moi'', Flammarion *2009: ''Jeunesse & Vieillesse & Jeunesse'', Obsidian *2009: ''Après moi, le déluge'', Léo Scheer *2009: ''Pourquoi ce corps que je n’ai pas'', Fissile *2010: ''Il vient d'un enfant dans un autre livre'', L’arachnoïde *2011: ''H. O. ou Hamlet omelette'', Léo Scheer *2012: ''Le Roman des revues'', essay, *2013: ''La Chemise de Pétrarque'', Obsidian *2014: ''Premier Crayon'', Flammarion *2014: ''Les Mêmes, désolées'', Fissile *2014: ''Le Ciel c'est l'accident'', L'arachnoïde ;Anthology *2012: ''Œuvre, 1965-2010'', series "Mille & une pages", Flammarion

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