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 Jean-Pierre Siméon (2017) | |
| Born | (1950-05-06) 6 May 1950 (age 74) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Notable awards |  Commander, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2019)Prix Antonin-Artaud (1984) Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (1994) Prix Max-Jacob (2006) Poetry Prize of the Lucian Blaga International Poetry Festival (2010) Grand prix de poésie of the Académie française (2022) Golden Wreath Laureate of the Struga Poetry Evenings and Golden Magnolia of the Shanghai International Poetry Festival (2024) |
Jean-Pierre Siméon (born 6 May 1950) is a French poet, novelist, dramatist and translator. Siméon's publications have been awarded various national and international poetry prizes. His poetry and theater works are translated into around fifteen languages. In 2024 Siméon became the third French poet to win the Golden Wreath Award (Struga Poetry Evenings Award) after Eugène Guillevic and Yves Bonnefoy.
Life and career
Jean-Pierre Siméon was born in France in May 1950. His mother, Denise, was a teacher and his father, Roger, made a career in the national education administration and became head of publications at the University of Clermont-Ferrand where the family settled in 1962. He studied literature at University of Clermont-Ferrand and became a teacher.
In 1977, with his father and a group of poets from Auvergne, he was one of the founders of the ARPA magazine, of which he was director. He was the founder of Semaine de la poésie (“Poetry Week”) in Clermont-Ferrand in 1987. He began writing for L'Humanité in the 90's. From 2001 to 2017 he was the art director of “Printemps des poètes” (The Spring of Poets). From 2001 to 2019 he was an associate poet of the “National Popular Theatre” in Villeurbanne. He met Carolyn Carlson, whose poems he translated and with whom he created several poetry events based on his own texts or those of Carolyn Carlson.
Jean-Pierre Siméon has taught at the University Institute for Teachers Training (IUFM), the National School of Theatre Arts and Techniques (ENSATT), and the Institute for Political Sciences.
He lives in Clermont-Ferrand and continues to write. He is the director of the Éditions Gallimard Poetry collection since 2018.
Tributes
The library of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès Jean-Pierre Siméon was named in his honour.
Selected works
- Traquer la louve (1978)
- Fuite de l'immobile (1984)
- Le Sentiment du monde (1994)
- Lettre à la femme aimée au sujet de la mort (2005)
- Ceci est un poème qui guérit les poissons (2005) published in English (2017) as This Is a Poem That Heals Fish.
- La poésie sauvera le monde (2016)
As a translator
- Michael West (translated with Loïc Brabant), Foley (2006)
- Carolyn Carlson, Brins d'herbe (2011)
- Carolyn Carlson, Dialogue avec Rothko : une lecture de "Untitled : black, red over black on red" (2011)
- Carolyn Carlson, Traces d'encre (2013)
- Carolyn Carlson, Au bord de l'infini : suivi de Dialogue avec Rothko : poésie (2019)
References
- Shusha Guppy, "The laureate of the "Golden Wreath" of the SVP 2024 is the French poet Jean-Pierre Simeon", Sloboden Pechat, 23-24 March 2024.
- Siméon, Jean-Pierre. "This Is a Poem That Heals Fish (Ceci est un poème qui guérit les poissons)". enchantedlion.com. Enchanted Lion Books. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
External links
- Jacques Darras, "Jean-Pierre Siméon. Une question de vers et de versants" Esprit, December 2018