Lorand Gaspar
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Lorand Gaspar is a French poet
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He moved to France, where he studied medicine, becoming later a surgeon in France, then in Jerusalem, where he lived for sixteen years, and in Bethlehem and Tunis. He lives in Paris, where he is involved in medical research dealing with human psychology.
He published his first verse collection in 1966, Le Quatrième État de la matière (Flammarion).
He has published a number of prose works and travel books as a photographer.
He mastered several languages: to the languages learned as a child, Hungarian, Romanian and German, and later French, English, Latin, Greek and Arabic. He has translated (in collaboration with Sarah Clair), Spinoza, Rilke, Seferis, D. H. Lawrence, Peter Riley, and Pilinsky.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Life
In 1943, he enrolled at Politehnica University of Bucharest in Engineering, was mobilized months later, and then imprisoned in a labor camp. He escaped in March 1945, and surrendered to the French in PfullendorfPfullendorf
Pfullendorf is a small historic city in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-Geography:Its location is in the district of Sigmaringen, 25 km north of Lake Constance and south of the Danube valley and therefore on the continental divide between the watersheds of the...
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He moved to France, where he studied medicine, becoming later a surgeon in France, then in Jerusalem, where he lived for sixteen years, and in Bethlehem and Tunis. He lives in Paris, where he is involved in medical research dealing with human psychology.
He published his first verse collection in 1966, Le Quatrième État de la matière (Flammarion).
He has published a number of prose works and travel books as a photographer.
He mastered several languages: to the languages learned as a child, Hungarian, Romanian and German, and later French, English, Latin, Greek and Arabic. He has translated (in collaboration with Sarah Clair), Spinoza, Rilke, Seferis, D. H. Lawrence, Peter Riley, and Pilinsky.
English Translations
French Language Works
- Le Quatrième État de la matière Paris: Flammarion, 1966. Prix Apollinaire, 1967
- Gisements Paris: Flammarion, 1968.
- Histoire de la Palestine Paris: Maspero, 1968 et 1978.
- Palestine, année zéro Paris: Maspero, 1970.
- Sol absolu, Paris, Gallimard, 1972.
- Approche de la parole, Paris, Gallimard, 1978.
- Corps corrosifs, Fata Morgana, 1978.
- Egée suivi de Judée, Paris, Gallimard, 1980.
- Feuilles d'observation. Paris : Gallimard, 1986.
- Carnets de Patmos. Cognac : Le temps qu'il fait, 1991.
- Égée, Judée, suivi d’extraits de Feuilles d’observation et de La maison près de la mer. Paris : Gallimard, 1993.
- Apprentissage. Paris : Deyrolle, 1994.
- Carnets de Jérusalem, Cognac, Le temps qu'il fait, 1997.
- Patmos et autres poèmes. Paris : Gallimard, 2001.
- Derrière le dos de Dieu. Paris : Gallimard, 2010.
External links
- Lorand Gaspar", Europe, (n°918, octobre 2005)
- "An interview with Lorand Gaspar", Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Volume 7, Issue 2 Autumn 2003, pages 170 - 177, Elaine DalMolin