About Gérard Bayo
Lived 1936 – 2023 (aged 86). Gérard Bayo was a French writer, translator, poet and author.
Gérard Bayo (20 July 1936 – 3 May 2023 ) was a French poet and writer. He was awarded the Prix Antonin-Artaud in 1977 for Un Printemps difficile.
He also translated the Romanian poets Ana Blandiana and Horia Bădescu, and has written several studies on Arthur Rimbaud.
Works 1956: Nostalgies pour paradis, ill. de Bernard Locca, Paris, Éditions , series "Paragraphes, 48 p. 1961: L’Attente inconnue, drawings by Nicolas Damianakis, Bordeaux, Les Nouveaux Cahiers de jeunesse, 32 p. 1962: Le Pain de vie, Dijon, Éditions Georges Chambelland, 56 p. 1971: Les Pommiers de Gardelegen, Paris, Librairie Saint-Germain-des-Prés, coll. "Le Pont de l’Épée", 72 p. 1975: Un Printemps difficile, Paris, Éditions Georges Chambelland, coll. "Le Pont de l’Épée" 114 p. - Prix Antonin-Artaud 1977, Grand prix Lucian Blaga 1991, Prix de l'Académie Mallarmé 2016. 1977: Didascalies, Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, Éditions Le Verbe et l’empreinte, 18 p. 1980: Au sommet de la nuit, Librairie Saint-Germain-des-Prés, series "Poètes contemporains", 115 p. 1984: Déjà l’aube d'un été, Librairie Saint-Germain-des-Prés, series "Poètes contemporains", 109 p. 1985: Arthur Rimbaud & l’éveil des limbes, Troyes, Éditions Librairie Bleue, 95 p. 1987: Arthur Rimbaud, Troyes, Éditions Librairie Bleue, 299 p. 1989: Vies, Marseille, Éditions Sud, series "Poésie" , 99 p. 1990: L’Œuvre inconnue de Rimbaud, Troyes, Éditions Librairie Bleue, 214 p. 1994: Le mot qui manque, Amay, Belgium, Les éditions l’Arbre à Paroles, 72 p. BRB n°722214 1995: Omphalos, Amay, Les éditions l’Arbre à Paroles, 68 p. BRB n°808019 1995: La Révolte d’Arthur Rimbaud, Troyes, Éditions Librairie Bleue, series "Essais", 294 p. 2003: Pierre du Seuil, Amay, Les éditions l’Arbre à Paroles, 103 p. BRB n°1420840 2006: KM 340, Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille, France, Atelier La Feugraie, series "L’Allure du chemin", 74 p. 2007: L’Autre Rimbaud, Rimbach, Germany, Éditions En Forêt, 364 p. 2010: Chemins vers la terre, Châtelineau, Belgium, Éditions Le Taillis Pré, 2012: La Gare de Voncq, Amay, Les éditions l’Arbre à Paroles, 68 p. 2013: La Langue des signes, Paris, Éditions L’Herbe qui tremble, 75 p. 2014: Un Printemps difficile, watercolors by Marie Alloy, Éditions L’Herbe qui tremble, 214 p. 2014: Sous cet arbre et dans la rue, Laon, France, Éditions La Porte, series "Poésie en voyage", 18 p. 2015: « Neige » followed by « Vivante étoile » on Éditions L’Herbe qui tremble 161 p. - Prix Mallarmé 2016
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French writer and translator
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Gérard Bayo was born on 20 July 1936 in Cenon.
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Gérard Bayo died on 3 May 2023 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
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Gérard Bayo was a writer, translator, poet and author.
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