Mathieu Bénézet

Mathieu Bénézet (7 February 1946 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, – 12 July 2013 in Paris) was a French writer and poet.

Biography Writer Bénézet's literary work is protean. Recognized primarily as one of the most important poets of his generation, he is also the author of numerous essays, texts in prose (mixing creation and reflections) and novels. He questions every discipline he invests. He also develops elegiac, lyrical forms, short or long poems, the dramatic poem, and so on. Never didactic (rather upsetting because upset), his poetry is crossed by his aesthetic or philosophical reflections.

Marqued, a young man, by his meeting with André Breton and Louis Aragon, his work attempts a synthesis between their respective works. Deeply singular, this work will offer from his first books a new way. his influence will be considerable as it will play a central role in the 70s and 80s with poets such as Jacques Dupin or Anne-Marie Albiach. His love of poetry commanded his advances in his fields and his multiple support manifested as editor and essayist as well as man of radio.

In 2013, he was awarded the for his life achievement in poetry.

Editor and radio personality Bénézet created several magazines such as Empreintes (1963–1965), Première Livraison (with Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe) and (from 1976 to 1981, with Jean Ristat).

He was an éditor at Flammarion, and .

In addition he directed several programs on France Culture, including Entre-revues and, until 2009, Reconnaissance à....

Publications 1968: L’Histoire de la peinture en trois volumes, Éditions Gallimard, prefaced by Aragon 1970: Biographies, Gallimard 1976: Dits et récits du mortel, Ménippée, Flammarion 1978: L’Imitation de Mathieu Bénézet, melodrama, Flammarion 1979: La Fin de l’homme, unfinished novel, Flammarion 1979: Ceci est mon corps, 1, melange, Flammarion 1981: Pantin, canal de l’Ourcq, novel, Flammarion 1984: Choses parmi les choses, essay to see, Ubacs 1984: Le Travail d’amour, poetry, Flammarion 1986: Ceci est mon corps, 2, miscellanées, Flammarion 1987: Roman journalier, prose, Flammarion 1988: Votre solitude, poetry, Seghers 1988: L’Instant d'une quantité de parole, narrative, Éd. Comp'Act 1990: Les XXXX followed by Trente-Neuf Quatrains, poetry, Éd. Comp'Act 1991: Ubacs. Numéro 10. Mathieu Bénézet, Éditions Ubacs, Rennes 1994: L’Océan jusqu’à toi, rime, Flammarion 1996: Ode à la poésie, Éd. William Blake and Co 1996: André Breton, rêveur définitif, essay to read, Éditions du Rocher 1997: Simples considérations. Considérations simple, with Alain Coulange, Éd. du Rocher 1997: Eh ! L’homme qui fait des hommes..., essay to see, Adélie 1998: Détails apostilles, Flammarion 1998: Orphée, imprécation, Éd. Le Bel Aujourd'hui 1998: 'L’instant d’une quantité de parole, narrative, Éditions Comp’Act 1999: Moi, Mathieu Bas-Vignons, fils de..., novel, Actes Sud 2000: L’Aphonie de Hegel, poetry, Obsidian 2000: L’Homme au jouet d’enfant, Ubacs 2002: Naufrage, naufrage, novel, 2002: Et nous n’apprîmes rien : poésie (1962-1979), Flammarion 2002: Le Roman de la langue, essay, followed by Écrire encore, 1997, Horlieu 2003: Images vraies, petit roman, le préau des Collines 2004: Tancrède, novel, Léo Scheer 2005: Ceci est mon corps, mélanges & miscellanées, Flammarion/Léo Scheer 2005: Mais une galaxie, une anthologie, 1977-2000, Obsidian & Le Temps qu'il fait, (Prix Antonin-Artaud) 2007: La Terrasse de Leopardi, Propos 2 2008: Ne te confie qu’à moi, Flammarion 2009: Jeunesse & Vieillesse & Jeunesse, Obsidian 2009: Après moi, le déluge, Léo Scheer 2009: Pourquoi ce corps que je n’ai pas, Fissile 2010: Il vient d'un enfant dans un autre livre, L’arachnoïde 2011: H. O. ou Hamlet omelette, Léo Scheer 2012: Le Roman des revues, essay, 2013: La Chemise de Pétrarque, Obsidian 2014: Premier Crayon, Flammarion 2014: Les Mêmes, désolées, Fissile 2014: Le Ciel c'est l'accident, L'arachnoïde

Anthology 2012: Œuvre, 1965-2010, series "Mille & une pages", Flammarion