Franck Venaille (born with Paris in 1936) is a French poet and writer. Its poetry is characterized by its expressive power, seeking to emphasize the animal share of the man, his impulses and its anguishes.

Born in a catholic family, in the XIème district of Paris, Franck Venaille will be durably marked by his military service during which it takes part in the Guerre of Algeria. This test re-appears by far in far in its poetry, until in its latest collections. It forms the explicit matter of the War of Algeria (1978) and Algeria (2004).

In its childhood, it accomplishes a three months stay in Belgium, at the origin of a major attraction for the Flemish country . This last constitutes the recurring innermost depth of its poetry, in particular of its major work, the descent of the the Scheldt (1995).

Franck Venaille is close to the painters Peter Klasen and Jacques Monory, which exerted a notable influence on its work. He collaborates in the poetic review Action (years 1960) and in Orange Export Ltd (years 1980). He also created the reviews Chorus (1968) and Mr Bloom (1978). From 1974, he works for France Culture, collaborating in particular in the emission the Magnetic Nights .

He obtained many prices, in particular the price Mallarmé in 1996 for the descent of the Scheldt .

Works

• Identity papers , PJO, 1966.
• the Apprentice struck down , PJO, 1969, Ubacs, 1986, the Writings of the Forging mills, 1987.
• Pourquoi you cry, say why you cry? Because the sky is blue… Because the sky is blue! , PJO, 1972, Workshop Feugraie, 1984.
• Two (in collaboration with Jacques Monory), Pulling with share, 1973.
• Caballero Hotel , Editions of Midnight, 1974.
• the War of Algeria , Editions of Midnight, 1978.
• As torn off from a book , in Hatred of poetry , Christian Bourgois, 1979.
• Jack-to-Jack , Luneau-Ascot, 1981.
• the Procession of penitent the , Mr Bloom, 1983.
• the Temptation of holiness , Flammarion, 1985.
• Trieste , Field Small valley, 1985.
• spoiled Children , in Diplomats missing from Cyril Connolly, Salvy, 1989.
• Riding/Horse , HMSO, Literature, 1989, Astral Beaver, Writings of the Forging mills, 2003.
• Opera buffa , HMSO, Literature, 1989.
• Umberto Sheba , Seghers, Poets of today, 1989.
• Grand operas of Mozart , HMSO, 1989.
• Frans van Etterbeek , in “literary Routes in Lozere: The Cevennes”, Jacques Brémond, 1989.
• K.L.A.S.E.N. , opera in three acts and fifteen scenes, Marval, Gallery Fanny Guillon Lafaille, 1989.
• the Sultan of Istambul , Salvy, Writings of the Forging mills, 1991.
• Pierre Morhange , Seghers, “Poets of today”, 1992.
• the Belgian Halt , Cadex, 1994.
• the Man in war , Words of Paddle, 1995, Rebirth of the book, 2000.
• descent of Escault , Obsidiane, 1995.
• To write against the Father , Jacques Brémond, 1996.
• The Horse of Érasme , in Second home , Cadex, 1996.
• Captain of the animal Anguish , Obsidiane - Time that it makes, 1998.
• the Court of the horses , the crossbow-Gallimard, 2000.
• Tragique , Obsidiane, 2001.
• Hourra death! , Obsidiane, 2003.
• Algeria , Melville/Léo Scheer, 2004.
• Pierre Jean Jouve. The man engraves , Jean-Michel Place, “Poetry”, 2004.
• Chaos , Mercure de France, 2007.

Studies

• François Boddaert, Franck Venaille , Jean-Michel Places, “Poetry”, 2005.
• Revue Europe , n° 938-939, June-July 2007.
• Re-examined the Number of the Angels , n° 37, December 2001/February 2002.

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