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Jude Stéfan

1930 – 2020

French poet

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About Jude Stéfan

Lived 1930 – 2020 (aged 90). Jude Stéfan was a French poet and writer.

Jacques Dufour (1 July 1930 – 11 November 2020), known by the pen name Jude Stéfan, was a French poet and novelist.

Biography Stéfan studied law and philosophy. He was a teacher at the Lycée Augustin Fresnel in Bernay where he taught French, Latin, and Greek. Throughout his career, he published numerous novels, essays, and poems.

Awards Prix Max-Jacob (1985) Grand prix de Poésie de la Ville de Paris (2000)

Publications

Poetry Cyprès (1967) Libères (1970) Idylles (1973) Poésie (1978) Aux chiens du soir : poèmes en titre (1979) Laures : poèmes (1984) Litanies du scribe (1984) Alme Diane (1986) À la vieille Parque (1989) Stances : ou 52 contre-haï-ku (1991) Elégiades (1993) Prosopopées (1995) Povrésies ou 65 poèmes autant d’années (1997) Épodes ou poèmes de la désuétude (1999) Génitifs (2001) La Muse Province (2002) Caprices (2004) Désespérance, déposition (2006) Que ne suis-je Catulle (2010) Disparates (2012)

Novels Vie de mon frère (1973) La Crevaison (1976) Lettres tombales (1983) Les États du corps (1987) La Fête de la patronne (1991) Le nouvelliste (1993) Scènes dernières : histoires de vie-mort (1995) Vie de Saint (1998) Oraisons funestes (2003) L’Angliciste (2006) L'idiot de village (2008)

Essays Gnomiques ou de l’Inconsolation (1985) Faux journal (1986) De Catulle : et vingt transcriptions (1990) Xénies (1992) Scholies (1992) Epitomé ou Chrestomathie à l’usage des débutants en littérature (1993) Senilia (1994) Variété VI (1995) Chroniques catoniques (1996) Silles (1997) Variété VII (2000) Pandectes ou le neveu de Bayle (2008)

Other works Suites slaves (1983) Les Accidents (1984) La Vieille Parque (1984) Dialogue avec la sœur (1987) Dialogue des figures (1988) Les courtisans (1992) PrOsEMES (1997) Quatre épodes (1998) 25 lettres d’alphabet (2000) Litanies du scribe (2001) Lettre à une morte (2002) L’Anti-Pédagogue (2003) Le Sillographe (Diurnal invectif 1997-2003 (2004) Les Stéfan (2004) Thanasies (2005) Jude Stéfan, rencontre avec Tristan Hordé (2005) Grains & issues (2007) Les Commourants (2008) Ménippées. P(r)o(s)ésies (2011) Factum (2012)

Interview Stéfan participated in a series of interviews on the CD album L'Usine à muse in 2011. The track he appeared on was titled Je îl(e) déserte.

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Awards
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres; Max Jacob Prize
Also known as
Jude Stefan

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Jude Stéfan's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Jude Stéfan?

French poet (1930-2020)

When was Jude Stéfan born?

Jude Stéfan was born on 1 July 1930 in Manneville-sur-Risle.

When did Jude Stéfan die?

Jude Stéfan died on 11 November 2020 in Saint-Désir.

What was Jude Stéfan's occupation?

Jude Stéfan was a poet and writer.

What nationality was Jude Stéfan?

Jude Stéfan was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jude Stéfan

· Wikidata: Q3187940

· DBpedia: Jude Stéfan

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