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Jean Joubert

Jean Joubert
View from the collar up of a smiling man in his 80s with receding headline and a gray beard.
Joubert in 2010
Born(1928-02-27)27 February 1928
Châlette-sur-Loing, France
Died28 November 2015(2015-11-28) (aged 87)
Montpellier, France
OccupationNovelist
Language
  • French
  • English
NationalityFrench
Genre
  • Short story
  • poetry

Jean Joubert (27 February 1928 – 28 November 2015) was a French novelist, short story writer, and poet.

He won the 1978 Prix Mallarmé for Poems: 1955–1975.[1] He won the 1975 Prix Renaudot for L'Homme de sable.

Life

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Joubert was born in Châlette-sur-Loing, Loiret. He taught American literature at the Université Paul Valéry.[2] He died on 28 November 2015, aged 87.[3]

Works

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Works in English

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  • Denise Levertov (1984). Oblique prayers: new poems with 14 translations from Jean Joubert. New Directions Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8112-0909-0. Jean Joubert.
  • Black iris: poems, Translator Denise Levertov, Copper Canyon Press, 1988
  • White owl and blue mouse, Translator Denise Levertov, Illustrator Michel Gay, Zoland Books, 1990, ISBN 978-0-944072-13-4

Works in French

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Novels

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  • La Forêt blanche (White Forest), Grasset, 1969
  • Un bon sauvage (A Good Savage), Grasset, 1972
  • L'Homme de sable (Sandman), Grasset, 1975, Prix Renaudot. (adolescents - niveau lycée)
  • Les Sabots rouges (Red Hooves), Grasset, 1979 et Éditions de l'Ecluse, 2007
  • Mademoiselle Blanche (Miss White), Grasset 1990, et Domens poche 2008.
  • Une Embellie, Actes Sud (An Embellishment, Acts South), 1996, (Prix Méditerranée des Lycéens, 1996)
  • Les enfants de Noé (Noah's Children), 1988
  • Un peu avant la nuit (A Little Before Dark), Actes Sud, 2001

Poetry

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  • Les Lignes de la Main (Lines of the Hand), Seghers (Prix Artaud 1956)
  • Les Poèmes - 1955-1975 (Poems - 1955-1975), Grasset, 1977 (Prix de l'Académie Mallarmé)
  • Les Vingt-Cinq Heures du jour (Twenty-five Hours of the Day), Grasset, 1987
  • La Main de feu, Grasset (The Hand of Fire), 1993, (adolescents)
  • Anthologie personnelle (Personal Anthology), Actes Sud, 1997, (adolescents)
  • Arche de la parole (Ark (?) of the World), Le Cherche-Midi, 2001
  • État d'urgence : Poèmes (State of Emergency: Poems) 1996-2008, Editinter, 2008

Short stories

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  • Le Sphinx et autres récits (The Sphinx and Other Stories), Le Cherche-Midi, 1978
  • L'Assistant français (The French Assistant), Entailles, Phulippe Nadal éditeur, 1988
  • Claire dans le miroir et autres nouvelles (Claire in the Mirror and Other News), Mélis Éditions, 2004

Children's novels

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  • Hibou blanc et souris bleue (White Owl and Blue Mouse), l'École des loisirs, 1978
  • Mystère à Papendroch (Mystery in Papendroch), l'École des loisirs, 1982
  • Histoires de la forêt profonde (Deep Forest Stories), l'École des loisirs, 1984
  • Les Enfants de Noé (Noah's Children), l'École des loisirs, 1987
  • Le Pays hors du monde (The Country Outside the World), l'École des loisirs, 1991
  • À la recherche du rat-trompette (In Search of the Trumpet Rat), l'École des loisirs, 1993
  • Bongrochagri, Éditions Grandir, 1994
  • La Pie Magda (Pius Magda), belle brigande, l'École des loisirs, 1995
  • Le Chien qui savait lire (The Dog Who Could Read), l'École des loisirs, 1996
  • L'Été américain (American Summer), l'École des loisirs, 1998, (Médium poche)
  • Mademoiselle Nuit (Miss Night), l'École des loisirs, 2000, (Médium poche)
  • Blouson bleu (Blue Jacket), Autres Temps jeunesse, 2001
  • Le Roi Jean et son chien (King John and his Dog), Grandir, 2001
  • La jeune femme à la rose (The Young Lady With the Rose), l'École des loisirs, 2002
  • Voyage à Poudrenville (Trip to Poudrenville), Éd. des Livres, 2003
  • Adrien dragon (Dragon Adrian), Éditions Grandir, 2003
  • Jean, il y a des souris dans la cuisine (Jean, there are Mice in the Kitchen), l'École des loisirs, 2005
  • Mini-contes pour enfants pointus (Mini Tales for Sharp Children), Pluie d'Étoiles, 2007

Children's poetry

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  • Poèmes de la lune et de quelques étoiles (Poems of the Moon and Some Stars), l'École des loisirs, 1992
  • L'Amitié des bêtes (The Friendship of Animals), l'École des loisirs, 1997
  • La Maison du poète (The Poet's House), Éditions Pluie d'Étoiles, 1999
  • Petite musique du jour (Little Music of the Day), Pluies d'Étoiles, 2004
  • Chemin de neige Lo Païs d'enfance (Lo Pais Snow Trail), Éditions du Rocher, 2006
  • Arbre, mon ami (Tree, my friend) (story-poem) Album, Éditions Grandir, 2009

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