Physis

NICOLAS PESQUÈS was born in France in 1946, and has been publishing poetry since 1971. His most recent books include Trois poèmes (Three Poems) from Edition du Limon, 1995, and La face nord de Juliau un, deux, trois, and quatre (The North Face of Juliau One, Two, Three, and Four), all published by André Dimanche Editeur in 1988, 1997, and 2000. La face nord de Juliau cinq, from which this text is taken, is due out later this year. Pesquès also writes literary and art criticism, and has published books on the work of visual artists Gilles Aillaud, Anne Deguelle, Jan Voss, and Aurélie Nemours, and on the poet Jacques Dupin. He divides his time between Paris and the Ardèche. In addition to her award-winning work as a poet, COLE SWE01 General/tradeEN has translated numerous collections by French poets, including ISLAND OF THE DEAD by Jean Frémon, for which she received the PEN LITERARY AWARD FOR TRA01 General/tradeLATION in 2004. A 2006 Guggenheim Fellow, she teaches at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.