Claude Minière

Claude Minière (born October 25, 1938) is an essayist and poet. Initially, he took part in various avant-garde activities before turning towards a more solitary, more classical approach to writing, never forgetting, however, the conquests of Rimbaud, Ezra Pound and free-verse.

Minière was born in Paris. For fifteen years he taught at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts and is the author of a "panorama" of artistic creativity in France between 1965 and 1996: ''L'art en France 1965-1995'' (Nouvelles editions françaises, Paris, 1995). Together with Margaret Tunstill, he translated two works by Ezra Pound: ''Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, A Memoir'' (''Henri Gaudier-Brzeska'', ed. Tristram, 1992) and ''Treatise on Harmony'' (''Traité d'Harmonie'', ed. Julien Salvy, 1980). In addition to the many collections of his poetry he has produced three remarkable essays : ''Pound caractère chinois'' (ed. Gallimard); ''Barnett Newman'' (ed. Tarabuste); and ''Descartes'' (ed. Tituli). Provided by Wikipedia