Poetry
Paysages, nuit friable
Not translated into English
Amina Saïd · 1980
Synopsis
A collection of poems in French, the author's first book, published in 1980 in Vitry-sur-Seine by Inéditions Barbare. The small volume, of ninety-four pages, is illustrated with photographs.
Context
The collection appeared in 1980 in the special series of “Barbare”, as number thirteen, in an eighteen-centimetre volume illustrated with photographs, with an illustrated cover. It opens a bibliography that has since come to include some fifteen other books of poetry, published from the mid-eighties to 2020, and prose narratives drawn from the stories her Tunisian grandmother told her. The collections that won the author prizes came later, from 1989 onwards.
Who it is for
A first collection of poetry in French, rare, for those who want to read Amina Saïd's work from its beginning.
Prizes and reception
Published by a small suburban publisher, the book came out nine years before its author received her first prize.
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