Carmen Bernos de Gasztold

Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919, in Arcachon – 1995^[1]) was a French poet.

She spent her childhood in the province of Bordeaux, France. She had 5 sisters and brothers. After World War II she went to live at the Benedictine Abbeye Saint Louis du Temple at Limon-par-Igny.^[2]

Her family were of Lithuanian descent (Gasztold being the Polish rendering of the Lithuanian name Goštautas).^[3]

The English translation was written by Rumer Godden (1907–1998) who went to the Benedictine Abbey in France and spent time with the poet to do the translation.

Works

• Prieres Dans L'Arche, French & European Pubns, 1985, ISBN 978-0-685-11511-4
• Choral De Betes, French & European Pubns, 1985, ISBN 978-0-685-11121-5

English translation

• Prayers from the ark and the Creatures' choir, Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, Translator Rumer Godden, Penguin Books, 1976
  • Prayers from the ark: selected poems, Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, Translator Rumer Godden, Illustrator Barry Moser, Reprint Puffin Books, 1995, ISBN 9780140545852
• "The Prayer of the Dog", To absent friends: a collection of stories of the dogs we miss, Editor Jameson Parker, Willow Creek Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-57223-706-3

References

External links

• "Carmen Bernos de Gasztold", the Writers' Almanac