Philippe Jaccottet – European Literature Network

Jul 16^th

French Book Week: From ON VOIT / THINGS SEEN by Philippe Jaccotet, translated by David Constantine

From ‘On Voit’ / ’Things seen’ Behind the window whose wood has been whitened (against the ﬂies, against the ghosts) an old man is bowing his white head over a letter or

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Jul 15^th

#RivetingReviews: Anna Blasiak reviews UNDER CLOUDED SKIES and BEAUREGARD / PENSÉES SOUS LES NUAGES et BEAUREGARD by Philippe Jaccottet

Philippe Jaccottet was born in 1925 in Switzerland, but has lived in France since the mid-1940s. Apart from poetry, he also writes prose and essays; his bibliography is several doz

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