Complex and haunting, here are two poems by French poet Philippe Beck, who won the French Academy’s Grand Prix de Poésie in 2015
By Philippe Beck and Nicola Marae Allain for Translation Tuesdays by Asymptote, part of the Guardian Books Network
Complex, haunting, and profoundly literary, Didactic Poetries is French poet Phillipe Beck’s response to Schiller’s statement: “We are still waiting for a didactic poem where thought itself would be and would remain poetic.” In recognition of his entire oeuvre, Beck was awarded the French Academy’s Grand Prix de Poésie (Grand Poetry Prize) in 2015. Today, we present two poems from his debut publication in English, released by Univocal Publishing today.
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