Rene Char
French poet and Resistance fighter whose aphoristic, hermetic verse was admired by Heidegger and Camus. Feuillets d'Hypnos, his journal of the Resistance, is one of the great documents of the period.
Works
- Le Marteau sans MaitrePoetry exploring fragmentation, resistance, and the power of language
- Feuillets d'HypnosWar journals in verse form exploring poetry's role in resistance
- Fureur et MystereLyric poetry celebrating passion, mystery, and poetic intensity
- La Parole en ArchipelPoetry exploring fragmented speech and the transformative power of words