Living in Poetry: Interviews With Guillevic (The Poet in Person, No. 1)

Vivre en Poesie, a series of interviews with Guillevic, was published in 1980. Guillevic was one of France's finest contemporary poets and his life spans the greater part of the twentieth century (1907-1997). The book contains, then, not only revelations about this great poet's work and working methods but also documents on twentieth century history as lived by one sensitive individual. He experienced early poverty in Brittany, the hardship and terror that was the people's lot in Paris during World War II, the intricacies of work as a civil servant and friendship with so many artists and writers of the century. The poems included have been translated by the late Denise Levertov.