FRENCH
DEPARTMENT PRESENTS: A MONTH OF POETRY READINGS,
OCT. 2001
New
York, NY, September 24, 2001 -- The Barnard
College French Department will sponsor poetry
readings during the month of October.
Oct. 3 - An Evening with Leslie Kaplan
Leslie
Kaplan, born in New York, now lives in Paris.
Her first book of poetry, L'Exces-l'usine
(Paris, 1982) was hailed in Liberation
by Marguerite Duras. Since then, Kaplan has
written 10 novels and figured among the finalists
for the Renaudot Literary Prize in 1998 for
her novel, Le Psychanalyste. Her poetry
reading will be held in the Ella Weed Room in
Milbank Hall, from 5 p.m.- 6 p.m. The reading
is free and open to the public.
Oct. 11 - Bilingual Franco-American Poetry
Festival
Later
in the month, the French department will sponsor
a Bilingual Franco-American Poetry Festival.
Featured readers include Phillipe Beck, Pascalle
Monnier, Robert Kelly, and Kristin Prevallet.
The Franco-American Poetry Festival Reading
will be held in the Ella Weed Room on October
11, 2001, from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. It, too, is free
and open to the public.
Phillipe Beck is an important up-and-coming
French poet. He has written four books of poetry
as well as philosophic essays. He is also a
professor of philosophy at the University of
Nantes, France.
Pascalle
Monnier, the younger French poet, is the author
of three books of poetry. She has appeared in
numerous French anthologies and literary magazines.
Her work has been translated into English by
John Ashberry.
Robert
Kelly is among the country's most innovative
and challenging poets and critics. He has written
47 books of poetry since 1961, as well as critical
studies, The New York Times book reviews,
and a radically new translation of a Hoelderlin
poem. He is a professor of English at Bard College,
and his work can be read on the Internet.
Kristin Prevallet is a younger American poet
and translator of contemporary French poets.
She has written two books of poetry as well
as studies of Henri Michaux and Max Ernst. She
is presently editing a Francophone Anthology.
Her work can also be found on the Internet.
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Contact:
French Department, 212-854-8312, sgavronsky@barnard.edu;
Alyssa Sheinmel, public affairs intern, 212-854-7907
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