One of France's most important contemporary poets, Eugene Guillevic (1907-1997) was born in Carnac in Brittany, and although he never learned the Breton language, his personality is deeply marked by his feeling of oneness with his homeland. His poetry has a remarkable unity, driven by his desire to use words to bridge a tragic gulf between man and a harsh ... Read moreand often apparently hostile natural environment. For Guillevic, the purpose of poetry is to arouse the sense of Being. In this poetry of description where entire landscapes are built up from short, intense texts language is reduced to its essentials, as words are placed on the page `like a dam against time'. When reading these poems, it is as if time is being stopped for man to find himself again. Show Less