Jean-Claude Villain

Jean-Claude Villain is a French writer. He was born in Mâcon (France) in 1947.

Biography

Born in Burgundy, he lives on the shores of the Mediterranean sea since 1975, sharing his life between South France and Tunisia. He pursues a varied literary work, mainly focused on the Mediterranean world, whose myths and songs he embraces as well as the tragedy, and which he explores through writing, travels, friendships and translations.

Works He is the author of around thirty books of poetry (including Parole exil, Le Tombeau des Rois, Leur dit, Thalassa pour un retour.), all accompanied by the contribution of a visual artist, as well as plays, studies on contemporary poets, essays, chronicles, short stories, French versions of foreign poets, and numerous artists' books.

He has long pursued an activity as a literary critic for numerous magazines, both French and foreign, and as a critic in the visual arts. He has participated in festivals and conferences in different countries and gives lectures, public readings and recitals, sometimes accompanied by musicians. His works are translated and published in several languages.

His most recent titles are: Yeux ouverts dans le noir (Eyes open in the dark) (L’Harmattan Publ., Paris), Ithaques (Ithacas) (Le Cormier Publ., Brussels), Lettres du monde (Letters from the world), (Petra Publ., Paris), En regardant en écrivant (En gazing while writing, Orizons Publ., Paris).