0-The University of California Book of North African Literature
1-Exile is My Trade: A Habib Tengour Reader edited & translated by Pierre Joris
2-Pierre Joris: Cartographies of the In-Between edited by Peter Cockelbergh
3-Paul Celan: The Meridian Final Version—Drafts—Materials
Justifying the Margins (Essays)
Good friend Hamid Tibouchi, that excellent Algerian poet & painter, (see pp 604ff in Poems for the Millennium 4) just sent a lovely Xmas card that started with a very funny/sage quote — for which I’m having trouble finding a perfect translation. Here it is: __________________________________ « Puisque le bonheur n’existe pas, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Hamid Tibouchi'
Puzzled Translator’s Merry Xmas Wishes
December 25th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Translation, Uncategorized
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Tibouchi's Rouille/Rust
August 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Poetry, Translation, Uncategorized
And in my translation this poem by Algerian poet/painter Hamid Tibouchi gives: rust the city in its entirety prey to rust bites deeper day after day inexorably spreading its ochres
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