Homage to Philippe Jaccottet (1925-2021): author, poet and translator
Audio 29:00
Philippe Jaccottet © Jacques Sassier Gallimard
By: Pascal Paradou
30 mins
After Saint-John Perse (1887-1975), and René Char (1907-1988), Philippe Jaccottet is only the third poet to have had the honor of returning to the Pléiade during his lifetime (2014).
He will also be awarded the Goncourt prize for poetry in 2003.
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Return with the poet
José-Flore Tappy
on the work of this immense poet but also a great French translator who has always placed doubt at the center of his writings, who died on February 25, 2021
Guest: José-Flore Tappy, Swiss author and poet.
Author of
Hangars published by Zoé
and
Tras-os-montes
published by La Dogana.
She also prefaced the
volume of the Pléaide
devoted to Philippe Jaccottet.
To know more:
Interview with Philippe Jaccottet in 2011 for L'Arbre à lettres bookstores (20mn)
RTS has uploaded a film (50mn) from 1975
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