Codicil & Plan for Pond 4

by Emmanuel Hocquard

Poetry. Translated from the French by Ray Di Palma and Juliette Valéry. "Emmanuel Hocquard, whether in fiction ( Aerea in the Forests of Manhattan ) or poetry ( Theory of Tables ), has always shied from the notion that what one says must really say something else and writes 'directly from the circumstance.' The elegance and authority of his work comes from a perfect union of perception and grammar."—Keith Waldrop

Genres: Poetry

37 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Emmanuel Hocquard (born in 1940 in Cannes) was a French poet who grew up in Tangier, Morocco. He served as the editor of the small press Orange Export Ltd., and, with Claude Royet-Journoud, edited two anthologies of new American poets, 21+1: Poètes américains ď aujourďhui (with a corresponding English volume, 21+1 American Poets Today) and 49+1. In 1989, Hocquard founded and directed "Un bureau sur l'Atlantique", an association fostering relations between French and American poets.

Besides poetry, he has written essays, a novel, and translated American and Portuguese poets including Charles Reznikoff, Michael Palmer, Paul Auster, Benjamin Hollander, Antonio Cisneros, and Fernando Pessoa. With the artist Alexandre Delay, he made a video film, Le Voyage à Reykjavik.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel...)

Reviews

[Wade · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exquisite!

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best living poets in my opinion. Codicil is comparable to his sonnets.