Nathalie Quintane is among the most known experimental poets of France. To quote her from what she writes about herself in the French government’s publications website, this is what she writes- “My name is still Nathalie Quintane. I have not changed my date of birth. I still live in the same place. I am few in number but I am determined.” Nathalie belongs to the generation of post 60s French literary activists. Rupak Bardhan Roy: Let me start by asking, what is literature to you an...| BLACKOUT ((poetry & politics))
i said endurance has its limits people are made of flesh and bone / i spoke about the stalinists and the method of executing the very best as traitors / who died screaming long live the party! / sifis said / the statement is only the beginning. then they will ask who are your friends. / then where do they live. katerina gogou i believe at heart that one must not be an accomplice to lies and compromise, the contemporary artist must scream out their revolt and make understood that we li...| BLACKOUT ((poetry & politics))
Nathalie Quintane discusses her experience as a writer, the relationship between literature and action, changing forms and changing society. Avec Tomates (2010), Nathalie Quintane a planté d’incomparables fruits : un livre qui parvenait à réunir les militants de poésie contemporaine et les amateurs d’action politique. Ce n’est pourtant pas le premier livre de son auteure, évidemment pas le premier livre de son genre : mais il s’est manifesté là une intelligence du présent...| BLACKOUT ((poetry & politics))
En pleno barrio de Saint Germain, en el trayecto que nos lleva desde los Jardines de Luxemburgo hasta la iglesia de Saint Sulpice, nos encontramos con la Rue Férou, una calle con pendiente descendente que nos une la importante Rue Vaugirard y la estrecha Rue Palatine esquina con la Place Saint Sulpice. En ese trayecto […]| A París con Elena