Poèmes

by Claude Roy, Élisa Géhin (Illustrator)

Anthologie de poèmes extraits des receuils "Enfantasques" (1974), "Nouvelles Enfantasques" (1978), "Poésies" (1970), "Sais-tu si nous sommes encore loin de la mer ? " (1979), "À la lisière du temps" (1984), "Les pas du silence" (1993)."Si je cherchais un mot pour me définir, disait Claude Roy, je crois que ce serait le mot étonnement. Dans le fameux questionnaire de Proust, à la question "Quel est pour vous le comble du malheur, je crois que je répondrais : "Ne plus s'étonner de rien..." Je crois que je n'ai jamais cessé de m'étonner. Je crois qu'un vivant, c'est une devinette qui se pose des devinettes."

96 pages, Pocket Book

Published September 23, 2010

About the author

Claude Roy, writer: born Paris 28 August 1915; twice married, secondly to Loleh Bellon (one son); died Paris 13 December 1997.
The son of the artiste-peintre Felicien Roy, Claude Roy was born with an eye for the unusual and colourful, and an ear for words so acute, he always seemed like a child learning to speak and read.

Several of his best known books are rhymes, poems and absurd tales for the young of all ages, illustrated by well-known artists, among whom he had many friends, including Picasso, Balthus, Zao Wou Ki and Zoran Music. Roy's last work was a book on his friend, Balthus (1996). His most enchanting children's books, two volumes of Enfantasques (1974 and 1978) are illustrated by his own witty collages. He wrote a delightful book about the art of painting, inspired by memories of watching his father at work, in L'Amour de la peinture (1955).

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