Franck Venaille facts for kids
Franck Venaille (born in 1936 – died on August 23, 2018) was a French poet and writer. He was known for his powerful poetry. His writing often explored the strong feelings and hidden parts of human nature. He wanted to show the deep instincts and worries that people have.
About His Life
Franck Venaille grew up in a Catholic family in Paris, France. A very important time in his life was his military service during the Algerian War. This experience deeply affected him. He wrote about it many times in his poems, even in his later works. Two of his books, The War of Algeria (1978) and Algeria (2004), are specifically about this war.
When he was a child, he spent three months in Belgium. This trip made him love the Flanders area. This part of Belgium often appeared in his poetry. His important work, The Descent of Scheldt (1995), is a great example of this.
Franck Venaille was also friends with famous painters like Peter Klasen and Jacques Monory. Their art had a big impact on his writing. He worked for different magazines, such as Poetic Action (starting in 1960) and Orange Export Ltd. (starting in 1980). He also started his own magazines, Chorus (in 1968) and Mr. Bloom (in 1978). From 1974, he worked for a French radio station called France Culture. He helped with a show called Les Nuits magnétiques.
Awards and Prizes
Franck Venaille won many awards for his writing. In 1996, he received the Mallarmé prize for his book The Descent of the Scheldt. This is a very respected award for poets. His last book, called It, also won two awards in 2009: the Robert Ganzo Prize and the Alain Bosquet Prize. These awards showed how much his work was valued.
His Books and Poems
Franck Venaille wrote many books of poetry and other works. Here are some of them:
- Identity papers, 1966.
- The thunderstruck Apprentice, 1969.
- Why are you crying, saying why are you crying? Because the sky is blue ... Because the sky is blue!, 1972.
- Two (with Jacques Monory), 1973.
- Caballero Hotel, 1974.
- The War in Algeria, 1978.
- As a torn book,inhatredof poetry, 1979.
- Jack to Jack, 1981.
- The procession of penitents, 1983.
- La tentation de la sainteté: roman, 1985.
- Trieste, 1985.
- L'apprenti foudroyé: poèmes, 1966-1986, 1986.
- The spoiled Children, 1989.
- Cavalier, cheval, 1989.
- Opera buffa, 1989.
- Umberto Saba, 1989.
- The Great Operas of Mozart, 1989.
- Frans van Etterbeek, 1989.
- KLASEN, 1989.
- The Sultan of Istanbul, 1991.
- Pierre Morhange, 1992.
- La halte belge, 1994.
- The Manin war, 1995.
- The DescentScheldt, 1995.
- Write cons father, 1996.
- The Horse Erasmus, 1996.
- Captain anxiety animal, 1998.
- The Court horses, the crossbow -Gallimard, 2000.
- Tragic, 2001.
- Dead Hooray!, 2003.
- Algeria, 2004.
- Pierre Jean Jouve. The serious man, 2004.
- Chaos, 2007.
- It, 2009.
Translated Works
Some of Franck Venaille's poems have been translated into other languages. One collection is:
- French poets of today, 1999.
