Bernard Noël

Bernard Noël
Noël in 2014
BornUrbain Bernard Fernand Noël
19 November 1930
Sainte-Geneviève-sur-Argence, France
Died13 April 2021
Laon, France
Pen nameUrbain d'Orlhac
OccupationPoet, essayist, art critic, novelist, visual artist, translator, playwright, literary critic, editor, writer, historian
CitizenshipFrench
Notable worksExtraits du corps, Le Château de Cène, Dictionnaire de la Commune, La Langue d'Anna, Le Syndrome de Gramsci, Le Reste du voyage, La Maladie du sens, Romans d'un regard, Magritte, Les Plumes d’Éros Œuvres I, L’ Outrage aux mots Œuvres II, La Place de l’autre Œuvres III, La Comédie intime, Le Chemin d'encre
Notable awardsPrix Guillaume Apollinaire 1976, Grand prix de poésie de la SGDL 1973, Prix France Culture 1988, Grand prix national de la poésie 1992, Prix Max Jacob 2005, Robert Ganzo Prize 2010, Grand pride de poésie Académie Française 2015
Website
atelier-bernardnoel.com

Bernard Noël (19 November 1930 – 13 April 2021) was a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie (National Grand Prize of Poetry) in 1992, the Prix Robert Ganzo (Robert Ganzo Prize) in 2010, as well as the Grand prix de poésie from the Académie Française for his entire poetic work in 2016.

His book Le Reste du Voyage was translated into English by Eléna Rivera and published by Graywolf Press in 2011; it won the Robert Fagles Translation Prize from the National Poetry Series.