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Lettres à Poisson d'Or
En 1937, Joë Bousquet rencontre Poisson d'Or dans un salon. Elle fête ses vingt et un ans. Lui en a quarante. Une balle, pendant la guerre, l'a laissé paralysé. Il lui écrit. En avril 1950, Poisson d'Or se marie. À l'automne suivant, Joë Bousquet meurt.Parmi les premiers mots adressés à la jeune fille, il y a ceux-ci : "Laissez-moi exercer sur vous une influence heureuse mais légère à votre vie comme une chanson.Est-ce beaucoup prétendre que d'assigner à ma blessure le caractère un peu à part qu'un sacrement confère à certains hommes ?" Parmi les derniers mots, alors que Poisson d'Or s'en va vers une autre existence : "Petite fille [...] écoute-moi : il y avait une fois un homme qui avait trouvé une étoile." Entre ces mots, durant douze ans, cet homme aura écrit à son étoile un immense chant d'amour et une leçon d'existence qui sont de toute beauté.
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First published January 1, 1967
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Joë Bousquet
55 books29 followersJoë Bousquet (French: [buskɛ]; 19 March 1897 – 28 September 1950) was a French poet.
Bousquet was born in Narbonne. Wounded on 27 May 1918 at Vailly near the Aisne battlelines at the end of the First World War, he was paralysed for the rest of his life, and lived a life largely bedridden, surrounded by his books. His physical incapacity and constant pain (for which he took opium) caused a retreat from the world, but also became the starting point for an extensive body of poetry and writing. He contributed poetry to the Carcassonne poetic review Cahiers du Sud, and carried on a correspondence with many writers and friends, including Louis Aragon, André Gide, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Simone Weil. He died in Carcassonne, and his home there is now a museum in his memory.
Bousquet became friends with the surrealists, and his poetry is often associated with them. He also purchased paintings by Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Jean Fautrier, Wols, André Masson and Hans Bellmer, and was modeled by René Iché and painted by Jean Dubuffet.
His work was admired by many famous French writers of the 20th century, including René Char, Louis Aragon, André Breton, Maurice Blanchot, André Gide, Paul Valéry, and, most notably, Gilles Deleuze.
Bousquet was born in Narbonne. Wounded on 27 May 1918 at Vailly near the Aisne battlelines at the end of the First World War, he was paralysed for the rest of his life, and lived a life largely bedridden, surrounded by his books. His physical incapacity and constant pain (for which he took opium) caused a retreat from the world, but also became the starting point for an extensive body of poetry and writing. He contributed poetry to the Carcassonne poetic review Cahiers du Sud, and carried on a correspondence with many writers and friends, including Louis Aragon, André Gide, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Simone Weil. He died in Carcassonne, and his home there is now a museum in his memory.
Bousquet became friends with the surrealists, and his poetry is often associated with them. He also purchased paintings by Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Jean Fautrier, Wols, André Masson and Hans Bellmer, and was modeled by René Iché and painted by Jean Dubuffet.
His work was admired by many famous French writers of the 20th century, including René Char, Louis Aragon, André Breton, Maurice Blanchot, André Gide, Paul Valéry, and, most notably, Gilles Deleuze.
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