Une voix qui retourne au chœur
A Voice Returning to the Choir

Summary/Abstract: According to Philippe Jaccottet, “to speak with the voice of the day” (L’Ignorant) was not a poetic program, but a mission: to make us hear what is not speech-endowed, to pass on the song of the earth, the cries of the world. His poetry thus aspired to become music. His voice escaped from the universal choir, then he sang his part before returning there; and the continuous dialogue between the living and the dead goes on…

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