After fighting in the first world war he travelled extensively, drawing on and embellishing considerably the experiences that he had around the world for his surreal documentaries in verse and prose. It is a complex opus, with a central figure the moravagine character like a dark persona of the author which he gets rid of through writing. Tout ce qui touche au livre et a lecriture est porteur dune malediction. Nyrb classics has thankfully kept it in print 892007. If, like me, youre not a fan of autobiography, then blaise cendrars is the memoirist for you. Blaise cendrars as a writer made direct use of his personal life and experiences to an unusual degree. Blaise cendrars was a pioneer of modernist literature. Blaise cendrars moravagine, published in france in 1926, is one of my favorite books. The french and english texts are in separate portions of the book, rather than on opposing pages the french texts are presented in a smaller font and without any of the illustrations that accompany the english. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. I remember reading cendrars novel moravagine, which was about a. His father, an inventorbusinessman, was swiss, his mother scottish. Publication date 1926 topics rmsc collection digitallibraryindia. There are translations of some of blaise cendrars shorter poems and enticingly a short film sequence of the man himself in a parisian estaminet in 1953.
Studies in 20th century literature new prairie press. But dont be scared off by the phrase french avant garde and its omens of obfuscation and aesthetic prickliness. The hazy world of blaise cendrars books the guardian. The centre detudes blaise cendrars cebc has been established at the university of berne in his honor and for the study of his work. Ces paisibles campagnards balois furent tout a coup mis en emoi par larrivee dun etranger. Blaise cendrars 18871961 given name frederic louis sauserhall swissborn french poet, novelist, autobiographer, editor and essayist. This has made critics uneasy with assessing his literary accomplishments, as if the writer. At once truly appalling and appallingly funny, blaise cendrarss moravagine bears comparison with naked lunchexcept that its a lot more entertaining to read. The following entry provides an overview of cendrarss. At once truly appalling and appallingly funny, blaise cendrars s moravagine bears comparison with naked lunchexcept that its a lot more entertaining to read. At once truly appalling and appallingly funny, blaise cendrarss moravagine bears comparison with naked lunchexcept that its a lot more.
The text runs vertically and unfolds to more than six feet. Nb these items have also been uploaded at various times to this facebook page. Jai tue, paris 1919 blaise cendrars french culture. Heir to an immense aristocratic fortune, mental and physical mutant moravagine is a monster, a man in pursuit of a theorem that will justify his every desire. It is unfortunate that his journalistic account about spain during the second month of its civil war was never published. The frenchlanguage association internationale blaise cendrars was established to study and preserve his works. Like all of cendrars workincluding moravagine and the confessions of dan.
Aquel hombre, amigos mios, era como ustedes y como yo. Moravagine blaise cendrars bnfa, bibliotheque numerique. Cendrars hypnotic prose made a new approach to the novel with works such as or 1925 later a hollywood film, sutters gold and moravagine 1926. Frederic louis sauser, better known as blaise cendrars, was a swiss novelist and poet naturalized french in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the modernist movement. Studies in 20th century literature volume 3 issue 2 special issue on blaise cendrars article 8 111979 appendix. This 1970 doubleday projections edition of cendrars moravagine is one of the main reasons i started bloggingi want to share images like this. The full range of his poetryfrom classical rhymed alexandrines to cubist modernism, and from feverish, even visionary, depression to airy good humoroffers a challenge no translator has accepted until now. Its genesis took a decade with cendrars hinting at it as early as 1917 and cendrars never stopped working on it. Released from a hospital for the criminally insane by his starstruck. It is unfortunate that his journalistic account about spain during the second month of its civil war was never. Sonia delaunay and blaise cendrars collaboration on the. The artist of the missing, and haussmann, or the distinction, which was a new york times notable book for 2001. Blaise cendrars died, celebrated throughout france, in 1961.
Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Apr 14, 2011 the iconoclastic poet and novelist blaise cendrars wikipedia page was born frederic louis sauser in switzerland in 1887. Quand les ecrivains bresiliens adulaient blaise cendrars. Blaise cendrars 18871961 in his novel emmenemoi au bout du monde 1956. Moravagine del autor blaise cendrars isbn 9782246108832. The chapter mascha, lying at the heart of cendrarss moravagine, contains. Jai tue, paris 1919 blaise cendrars il faut nettoyer ca. Blaise cendrars, moravagine, mascha, emptiness, nihilism, uncertainty, doubt. The very theme of travel, of the protagonist being but. Moravagine and company the literary work of blaise cendrars 18871961, ne frederic sauser, one of.
Jul 24, 20 sonia delaunay and blaise cendrars collaboration on the printed version of cendrars poem, prose on the transsiberian and of little jehanne of france, 1 9 1 3. I dont know if youve read it but there is a 30 page pdf file at paris. Moravagine is, without qualification, a very readable book. Its the complete poems of blaise cendrars it includes the original french it has an introduction and translators notes on the texts cons. Blaise cendrars vous parle, oeuvres completes, denoel, paris 1965. A prolific poet, cendrars was also an exceptional novelist, the author of moravagine, gold, rhum, and the confessions of dan yack, among many other books. Delaunays imagery was done with a stencil but shows the effects of handmanipulated inks. And theres certainly no book quite like blaise cendrars moravagine, a tonally irregular, provocative artifact of the 1920s french avant garde.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Blaise cendrars or the son of homer as john dos passos called him. His two novels sutters gold and moravagine have been translated into twenty languages. Take me away to the end of the world, epitomizes the urge to seek adventures and a rediscovery of oneself through strange travels. The jacket was designed by seymour chwast i need to buy all his journals. Moravagine is a blaise cendrars 18871961 novel, published by grasset en 1926.
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