Claude Esteban
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Claude Esteban (July 26, 1935, Paris - April 10, 2006, Paris) was a French poet and essayist.
Claude Esteban is one of the major French poets of the last decades, he also wrote numerous essays on poetry and language, and published a number of translations, such as Jorge Guillén, Octavio Paz, Borges, García Lorca, Quevedo. He wrote many essays on art, on modern and contemporary artists (Ubac, Vieira da Silva, Szenes, Morandi, Chagall, Braque, Chillida, Giacometti...), but also on ancient painters (Goya, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain, Caravaggio...). He was the founder in 1973 of the poetry and art magazine Argile, published by Maeght (24 issues from 1973 to 1981).
[edit] Works
[edit] Poetry, translated into English
- A Smile between the stones, transl. by John Montague, Agenda Editions (Mayfield, UK), 2005.
- On the Last Heath, transl. by John Montague, in Poetry (Chicago, Oct.-Nov. 2000), p. 78-83.
- Conjuncture of Body and Garden, in Poetry Network 1 (Claude Esteban and Bernard Noël), collective translation (organized by The Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Poetry Ireland/Eigse Éireann, supervised by Theo Dorgan and John Montague), Dublin, Dedalus, 1992.
- Conjuncture of Body and Garden – Cosmogony, transl. by James Phillips, Larkspur (CA, USA), Kosmos, Modern Poets in Translation Series, vol. 4, 1988.
- The Season of Devastation, transl. by Stanley Cavell, Pequod, 16-17 (San Francisco, 1984), p. 240-242.
- Transparent God, transl. by David Cloutier, Larkspur (CA, USA), Kosmos, Modern Poets in Translation Series, vol. 2, 1983.
- White Road, Selected Poems of Claude Esteban, transl. by David Cloutier, Washington DC, The Charioteer Press, 1979.
[edit] In French
- Poetry
- La Mort à distance, Gallimard, 2007.
- Le Jour à peine écrit (1967-1992), Gallimard, 2006.
- Morceaux de ciel, presque rien, Gallimard, 2001.
- Janvier, février, mars. Pages, Farrago, 1999.
- Quelqu'un commence à parler dans une chambre, Flammarion, 1995.
- Soleil dans une pièce vide, about Edward Hopper, Flammarion, 1991.
- Elégie de la mort violente, Flammarion, 1989.
- Le Nom et la Demeure, Flammarion, 1985.
- Conjoncture du corps et du jardin suivi de Cosmogonie, Flammarion, 1983.
- Terres, travaux du cœur, Flammarion, 1979.
- Essays on poetry, literature and language
- Ce qui retourne au silence, Farrago, 2004.
- D'une couleur qui fut donnée à la mer, Fourbis, 1997.
- Le Partage des mots, Gallimard, 1990.
- Critique de la raison poétique, Flammarion, 1987.
- Un lieu hors de tout lieu, Galilée, 1979.
- Essays on art and monographs
- L'Ordre donné à la nuit, about Caravaggio, Verdier, 2005.
- La Dormition du Comte d'Orgaz, Farrago, 2002.
- Traces, figures, traversées, Galilée, 1985.
- Palazuelo, Maeght, 1980.
- Ubac, Maeght, 1978.
- Veilleurs aux confins (Fernández, Morandi, Sima, Szenes, Tal-Coat, Ubac, Vieira da Silva), Fata Morgana, 1978.
- L'Immédiat et l'Inaccessible, Galilée, 1978.
- Chillida, Maeght, 1972.
