Odile Caradec

Odile Caradec (15 February 1925 – 22 September 2021) was a French poet.

Biography Odile Caradec spent her childhood in Camaret-sur-Mer, France, and was acquainted with the poet Saint-Pol-Roux.

A librarian at Camille-Guérin High School in Poitiers, she played chamber music as a cellist.

She has described her work as helping readers “unlearn monotony,” writing to “test our verticality” producing “quiet books”. Several bilingual collections have been published, translated by Rüdiger Fischer and illustrated by the French artist Claudine Goux.

Publications Tout un monde fluide, illustrations Pierre de Chevilly, Éd. Océanes, 2017. République Terre - Republik Erde, bilingue français-allemand, illustrations Claudine Goux, Odile Verlag, 2013. Le ciel, le cœur, bilingue français-allemand, illustrations Claudine Goux, éditions en Forêt, 2011. Le sang, cavalier rouge, Sac à mots éditions, 2010. En belle terre noire, bilingue français-allemand, illustrations Claudine Goux, éditions en Forêt, 2008. Masses tourbillonnantes, illustrations de Pierre de Chevilly, Éd. Océanes, 2007. Chats, dames, étincelles, bilingue français-allemand, illustrations Claudine Goux, éditions en Forêt, 2005. Cymbales lointaines, éditinter, Le Collant intégral, éditions St Germain-des-Prés, 1975. À Vélo, immortels, éditions St Germain-des-Prés, 1974. L'Épitaphe évolutive d'un chauve, Fagne, 1972. Potirons sur le toit, Traces, 1972. Nef lune, Traces, 1969.