“One of France’s most important contemporary poets, Eugène Guillevic (1907-97) was born in Carnac in Brittany, and although he never learned the Breton language, his personality is deeply marked by his feeling of oneness with his homeland. His poetry has a remarkable unity, driven by his desire to use words to bridge a tragic gulf between man and a harsh and often apparently hostile natural environment. For Guillevic, the purpose of poetry is to arouse the sense of Being. ...”
2014 September: Eugène Guillevic, 2021 August: Guillevic: Selected Poems - Eugene Guillevic, Denise Levertov (1969)
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