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Robert Marteau

1925 – 2011

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Lived 1925 – 2011 (aged 86). Robert Marteau was a French and Canadian poet, translator, writer, novelist and prose writer.

Robert Marteau (February 8, 1925 in Virollet, Poitou – May 16, 2011 in Paris) was a French poet, novelist, translator, essayist, diarist.

Life In 1972 he moved to Montreal to live with his girlfriend, Neige. He remained twelve years, and opt for Canadian citizenship. He then resided in Paris. He was awarded the 2003 Charles Vildrac from the Société des Gens de Lettres for Rites and offerings, In 2005, Académie française awarded him the Grand Award for Poetry after he was awarded the Prix Henri de Régnier in 1997 for all his work from the same Académie. In 2006, the center of the book awarded him Poitou-Charentes book prize, for his novel In the grass. In 2010, he received the Mallarmé prize for his book The Ordinary Time.

Works Royaumes, poésie, Seuil, 1962. Travaux sur la terre, poésie, Seuil, 1966. Des Chevaux parmi les arbres, roman, Seuil, 1968 ; Champ Vallon, 1992. Sibylles, poésie, Paris, Galanis, 1971. Les Vitraux de Chagall, essai, Paris, Mazo, 1972; The stained-glass windows of Chagall 1957-1970 New York: Tudor Pub. Co., 1973, Pentecôte, roman, Gallimard, 1973.

Atlante, poème, Montréal, L’Hexagone, 1976 ; Toronto, Exile, 1979.

Traité du blanc et des teintures, poème, Montréal, Erta, 1978 ; Toronto, Exile, 1980.

Salamander, anthologie poétique bilingue, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1979. Mont-Royal, journal, Gallimard, 1981.

Fleuve sans fin - Journal du Saint-Laurent, journal, Gallimard, 1986, réédition, «La petite Vermillon», La Table Ronde, 1994

Sur le motif, journal, Seyssel, Champ Vallon, 1986,

Venise en miroir, Quimper, Calligrammes, 1987 Vigie, Quimper, Calligrammes, 1987 Voyage au verso, Champ Vallon, 1989, Ce que corneille crie, poésie, Champ Vallon, 1989 Comte de Villamediana : poésies, traduction, « Orphée »/La Différence, 1989 Forestières, Paris, Métailié, 1990 Fragments de la France, Champ Vallon, 1990, Luis de Góngora, Première Solitude, traduction, « Orphée »/La Différence, 1991 Le Jour qu’on a tué le cochon, roman, Champ Vallon, 1991 Exile Editions, Ltd. 2006, Cortège pour le Corbeau, poésie, Quimper, Calligrammes, 1991 Liturgie, Champ Vallon, 1992, Huit peintres, La Table Ronde, 1994 Etudes pour une muse, Champ Vallon, 1995 Royaumes - Travaux sur la terre - Sibylles (réédition), « Orphée »/La Différence, 1995 La Récolte de la rosée, la tradition alchimique dans la littérature, Paris, « L’Extrême contemporain », Belin, 1995 Louanges, poésie, Champ Vallon, 1996

Registre, poésie, Champ Vallon, 1999, La Couleur du temps, livre d'artiste réalisé en collaboration avec le peintre Georges Badin, éditions Alin Anseew, 2001 Rites et offrandes, Champ Vallon, 2002m Dans l'herbe, Champ Vallon, 2006, Sur le Sable, chroniques taurines, Editions Mémoire Vivante, 2007 Le Temps ordinaire, Champ Vallon, 2009, Entre Sable et Ciel, Editions Mémoire Vivante, 2010

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Broquette-Gonin prize; Charles Vildrac Prize; Mallarmé Prize

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Robert Marteau?

French writer (1925–2011)

When was Robert Marteau born?

Robert Marteau was born on 8 February 1925 in Virollet, Villiers-en-Bois.

When did Robert Marteau die?

Robert Marteau died on 16 May 2011 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.

What was Robert Marteau's occupation?

Robert Marteau was a poet, translator, writer, novelist and prose writer.

What nationality was Robert Marteau?

Robert Marteau was French and Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert Marteau

· Wikidata: Q3435865

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