My black hunger already. New edition.
Seghers| N° d'inventaire | 23571 |
| Format | 13 x 19 |
| Détails | 108 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2004 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782232122477 |
"The fate of a poet cut down in the prime of life, at twenty-three, during the Second World War..."
"The fate of a poet cut down in the prime of life, at twenty-three, during the Second World War..."Roger Bernard was eighteen when the Second World War broke out. It was while joining the maquis in the Calavon Valley that he met René Char, then head of a resistance network under the name of "Captain Alexandre". Between two sabotages, Roger Bernard read his poems to René Char and discussed his plans with him. But "the horizon of monsters was too close to his land"... During a liaison mission, the young man fell into the hands of the Germans on June 22, 1944. "He just had time to swallow the message he was carrying. He was shot shortly after on the road, having refused to answer the questions put to him. A mulberry tree and a dismantled train station are the closest witnesses to his death, with a peasant who reported that "he stood very straight, very light and stubbornly silent." (René Char) The young resistance fighter leaves behind a collection with premonitory overtones entitled "Ma Faim noire déjà" (My Black Hunger Already), first published by René Char in 1945 by Cahiers d'art. In this edition, these texts are followed by a collection, previously unpublished, entitled "En Saumure depuis alors" (In Sausage Since Then). The texts by René Char that accompany this collection, as well as the foreword by Dominique de Villepin, the afterword by Antoine de Meaux and Marie-Claude Char and four drawings by Matisse invite us to discover, or rediscover, a lyrical and visionary work.
"The fate of a poet cut down in the prime of life, at twenty-three, during the Second World War..."
"The fate of a poet cut down in the prime of life, at twenty-three, during the Second World War..."Roger Bernard was eighteen when the Second World War broke out. It was while joining the maquis in the Calavon Valley that he met René Char, then head of a resistance network under the name of "Captain Alexandre". Between two sabotages, Roger Bernard read his poems to René Char and discussed his plans with him. But "the horizon of monsters was too close to his land"... During a liaison mission, the young man fell into the hands of the Germans on June 22, 1944. "He just had time to swallow the message he was carrying. He was shot shortly after on the road, having refused to answer the questions put to him. A mulberry tree and a dismantled train station are the closest witnesses to his death, with a peasant who reported that "he stood very straight, very light and stubbornly silent." (René Char) The young resistance fighter leaves behind a collection with premonitory overtones entitled "Ma Faim noire déjà" (My Black Hunger Already), first published by René Char in 1945 by Cahiers d'art. In this edition, these texts are followed by a collection, previously unpublished, entitled "En Saumure depuis alors" (In Sausage Since Then). The texts by René Char that accompany this collection, as well as the foreword by Dominique de Villepin, the afterword by Antoine de Meaux and Marie-Claude Char and four drawings by Matisse invite us to discover, or rediscover, a lyrical and visionary work.