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Portrait de Francis Ponge

Francis Ponge

Francis Ponge is a French writer and poet, born in Montpellier on March 27, 1899 and died in Bar-sur-Loup, Alpes-Maritimes, on August 6, 1988. He frequented the group surrealist, without fully adhering to this movement.


Resources

Images by Francis Ponge

A century of writers, Francis Ponge, video

"Le Pain", read by Francis Ponge in 1962 - video

Aragon presenting Francis Ponge, reading of The Lizard - INA

Towards Francis Ponge (Documentary, 1965) - video

Francis Ponge and the Surrealists - video

Interview of Pierre Dumayet with Francis Ponge, 1971 - INA

Francis Ponge about Cézanne - INA

Francis Ponge - Radioscopy - video

The lesson of Marcel Proust according to Francis Ponge

Francis Ponge funds at the Jacques Doucet literary library

Society of Francis Ponge Readers

the use of syllepsis in Francis Ponge, Andreas Romeborn

Familiar letters. Mandiargues / Ponge

Correspondence between André Pieyre de Mandiargues and Francis Ponge (1950-1980)

Francis Ponge resources - André Breton site

Cahiers Francis Ponge, n° 3, The writer, the artist and their gestures

3 reasons to reread The bias of things, by Francis Ponge - Le Figaro


Correspondance : Francis Ponge & Jean Paulhan, 1923-1968


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Bibliography of texts published in the NRF

The texts below, published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, are grouped into four main sets: texts by Francis Ponge, notes and columns by the author, texts about the author, and, when available, translations by the author.

Texts by Francis Ponge

  1. Trois satires, 1923-06-01
  2. À la gloire d'un ami, 1925-08-01
  3. La Famille du Sage, 1926-09-01
  4. Végétation, 1932-12-01
  5. Témoignage, 1933-11-01
  6. Le tronc d'arbre, 1933-11-01
  7. Un Bronze parle, 1954-06-01
  8. Le Soleil placé en Abîme, 1954-12-01
  9. Texte sur l'Électricité, 1955-07-01
  10. La Nouvelle Araignée, 1957-07-01
  11. La Chèvre, 1957-12-01
  12. Grandeur de Fautrier, 1959-12-01
  13. À la gloire de Fautrier, 1962-09-01
  14. Autour du Savon, 1967-01-01

Notes by Francis Ponge

These texts by Francis Ponge may include reading notes, mood notes, performance reviews, miscellaneous pieces, or previously unpublished texts. They appeared in NRF sections such as Chronique des romans, L'air du mois, Le temps comme il passe, etc., or in tribute issues.

  1. Germaine Richier, 1956-12-01, Chroniques : les arts
  2. L'Abricot, 1959-03-01, Les revues, les journaux
  3. D'un nouveau genre littéraire, 1963-04-01, Les revues, les journaux
  4. Un numéro de fête, 1963-12-01, Les revues, les journaux

Translations by Francis Ponge

  1. Poèmes, by Giuseppe Ungaretti, 1962-04-01

Texts about Francis Ponge

These texts may include thematic studies about the author, correspondence, reading notes on works by or about the author, interviews conducted by the author, or works edited by the author.

  1. Heureux de témoigner ma vive sympathie à Francis Ponge..., by Georges Braque, 1956-09-01, Hommage à Francis Ponge
  2. Pour un Malherbe, par Francis Ponge (Gallimard), by Alain Clerval, 1965-04-01, Notes : littérature et essais

Chronological distribution of texts published in the NRF (1908-1968)

This chart shows the chronological distribution of texts across the four categories defined above: Texts, Notes, Translations, and Texts about the author.


Bibliography of texts published in the journal Commerce

The texts below, published in the journal Commerce, are grouped into two sets: texts by Francis Ponge and texts translated by the author.

Texts by Francis Ponge

  1. Poèmes (p. 125-126), automne 1925 [232 p.]

Bibliography of texts published in the journal Mesures

The texts below, published in the journal Mesures, are grouped into two sets: texts by Francis Ponge and texts translated by the author.

Texts by Francis Ponge

  1. Le cageot, 15 janvier 1935 [186 p.]
  2. Sapates, 15 avril 1936 [196 p.]

Bibliography of texts published in Les Cahiers de la Pleiade

The texts below, published in Les Cahiers de la Pleiade, are grouped into three sets: texts by Francis Ponge, texts translated by the author, and texts about the author.

Texts by Francis Ponge

  1. Tentative orale, printemps 1949 [204 p.]
  2. D’un verre d’eau, hiver 1950-1951 [214 p.]