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Edmond Jabès

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Born: December 31 1911

Died: 0101 01 19911991

Edmond Jabes was a major voice in French poetry in the latter half of this century. An Egyptian Jew, he was haunted by the question of place and the loss of place in relation to writing, and he was one of the most significant thinkers of what one might call poetical alienation. He focused on the space of the book, seeing it as the true space in which exile and the promised land meet in poetry and in question. Very many of Jabes's books of prose and poetry have been translated into English, including The Book of Dialogue and The Book of Margins , both translated by Rosmarie Waldrop.

Edmond Jabès

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 31 1911

Died: 0101 01 19911991

Edmond Jabes was a major voice in French poetry in the latter half of this century. An Egyptian Jew, he was haunted by the question of place and the loss of place in relation to writing, and he was one of the most significant thinkers of what one might call poetical alienation. He focused on the space of the book, seeing it as the true space in which exile and the promised land meet in poetry and in question. Very many of Jabes's books of prose and poetry have been translated into English, including The Book of Dialogue and The Book of Margins , both translated by Rosmarie Waldrop.

Books from Edmond Jabès

The Book of Questions: Volume I [I. The Book of Questions, II. The Book of Yukel, III. Return to the Book]

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The Book of Questions: Volume II [IV. Yael, V. Elya, VI. Aely, VII. El, Or the Last Book]

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The Book of Margins

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The Little Book of Unsuspected Subversion

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From the Book to the Book: An Edmond Jabès Reader

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A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Book

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The Book of Shares

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Desire for a Beginning Dread of One Single End

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If There Were Anywhere But Desert: The Selected Poems

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The Book of Resemblances

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Le livre de l'hospitalité

Öcü'nün Yemeğine Şarkılar

Poesie per i giorni di pioggia e di sole e altri scritti

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Lettres à Edmond Jabès

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O Livro das Questões

ספר השאלות

The Book of Questions