Michelle Meyer
Prize winner of the French Academy
Biography
Born with Rennes in August 1941. Studies with Toulon and Brest until in class of Higher Letters then University of Strasbourg, Michelle Meyer was professor of letter-history until 1978, responsible for research on the audio-visual techniques and the dynamics of the groups applied to the teaching of French under the aegis of the National Teaching Institute, department of technical educations.Married in 1964,4 children. Parallel to its teaching functions, she collaborates during several years in the daily newspaper " Alsace" in Mulhouse. From 1971, it manages the religious organization Prospective 21 for the promotion of the literature and painting contemporary. Many Alsatian painters claim group Prospective 21, Ergon are one of the most outstanding artists.
After having been victim of a serious road accident, Michelle Meyer leaves animation for the edition and reveal writers and poets, Bertrand Claude, Michel Gay, Michel Hammel. She publishes Alphonse Kienzler which, in “Remember, Doctor Weil” tells his route of political prisoner in the prisons of Vichy then its deportation in the train of died for Germany until its release in Poland by the Russians.
Michelle Meyer is the author of about thirty books: accounts, novels, poems, anthologies, tests, news.
Its first collection of poems “the Imageries” obtained the Price Discovered Poetry in 1970.
It took part in several international exhibitions of the book: Brussels, Geneva, Beijing, Moscow, Karlsruhe or with promotions of the French book organized by Ministry for Foreign Affairs (U.S.A and more recently in Syria). In 1997, its book “the first times of printing works, Jean Mentelin” is presented by the University of Heidelberg to the Fair of the Book of Frankfurt. Several of its works were acquired by foreign universities. “I will tell you Alsace, in prose and in poetry was distinguished by the French Academy, foundation Roberge and the Academy Léonard de Vinci grants to him his Grand Prix of poetry for its poetic production published until 1981. Very committed author, with the listening of the world, it founds in 1990 association “the Friends of the Kurdish People - France”. Since 1984, she is elected by of ONG for missions on oppressed minorities. Its articles and investigations are published in Alsace, the Breaking news of Alsace, Témoignage Christian, Humanity, Le Monde, the Solidarité review - Ecology…
Invitations with radio or televisual broadcasts. Poems and literary published in many newspapers and re-examined articles and collective works: Anthology Holderith " Poets and Prosateurs d' Alsace" ED. D.N.A; " Poetry-Dichtung" ED. The Vosges of North; " Voyages" BT2 Freinet pedagogy; " Léman, expressions without rivages" ED. Manufacture; " Freedom inachevée" ED. The Inkpot; " The Rhine superbe" ED. Vagrancies; Almanac Lutheran 1993; " Erotism in poetry féminine" , thesis of P.Béarn, ED. J.J. Pauvert; " Alsace" planet; , Academy of the Alsatian Sites; " F… of the flowers for femmes" , anthology, ED. A.D.E.F; " The anthology of both siècles" , ED. Files of Aquitaine; " Poetry of Woman in Alsace" , " Alsace, Bretagne" , " Wink for my terre" anthologies, ED. Books of the Rhine… Poems put in music for Festivals of modern musics; The booklet " A love of mai" was put in diaporama by Ergon and music by Rene Bastian for a spectacle at the Arts center of the Mulhouse Slopes in 1974. Other poems were put in music by Frank Royon Mée for a spectacle on the Lake Léman on July 5th, 1986 and by Bruno de Chènerilles at the time of the spectacle " Homage to Rhin" June 18th, 2004 within the framework of the " Festival of the 2 Rives" in Strasbourg.