Rene Char (1907-1988) was one of France's most respected 20th century poets. Part of the Surrealist group in the late 1920's-1930's, he gradually drifted away from the group. During WWII he joined the
This bilingual volume, with the French and English on facing pages, is a translation of a book of poems by Rene Char, a 20th-century French poet known for his work of great beauty. Fierce, lyrical, se
John Thompson, a seminal figure in Canadian poetry, influenced a whole generation of Canadian poets. This collection includes all of his extant unpublished work.
"Rene Char is the conscience of modern French poetry and also its calm of mind. Nancy Naomi Carlson, in these splendid translations, casts new light upon the sublime consequence of Char's poetic chara
