Dupin jacques5/7/2023 ![]() I chose a brief (but essential) selection from Bleu et Sans Nom that speaks directly to Dupin’s preoccupation with the word. A tall order for a poet an even taller one for a translator, but well worth the effort.ĭupin’s poems are long. ANDRE MARIE JEAN JACQUES DUPIN (1783-1865), commonly called Dupin the Elder, French advocate, president of the chamber of deputies and of the Legislative. He wanted us to read his words without preconceptions, to hear them as if they were new to us - sounds without names - to experience their meaning directly, immediately. ![]() His aim was to strip words down, as much as possible, from any encrusted associations. Jacques Dupin, a 20th-century art critic and intimate friend of Joan Miró, sought a way to express life, death, light, darkness through pure words. Jacques Dupin was born on March 4, 1927, in the small town of Privas in the South of France, where his father was the psychiatrist on staff at a state-operated mental hospital. It seems fitting to end this series with a poet of the word. This week, Fern shines the spotlight on 20th century poet Jacques Dupin.Ĭharles Baudelaire, Guillaume Apollinaire, Paul Valéry, Christine de Pizan, Paul Verlaine, Alphonse de Lamartine, Anna de Noailles, Paul Éluard, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Stéphane Mallarmé, Louisa Seifert, Arthur Rimbaud, François Villon, André Breton, Louise Colet, Jacques Prévert, Pierre de Ronsard, Paul Verlaine) Andr Marie Jean Jacques Dupin (1 February 1783 8 November 1865), commonly called Dupin the Elder, was a French advocate, president of the chamber of. Editor’s note: This is the final installment in the series “Poetry in a Time of Dislocation.” Fine art photographer Fern Nesson asserts that the place for art is critical during this time of pandemic, and she has immersed herself in the French poets, translating important works and sharing them as photo essays.
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