Pierre Guéry

Pierre Guéry (born 1965) is a French writer, poet and performer.

Life and work

Born in Marseille (France), he studied music, drama and modern dance and gained a doctorate in literature and phonetics.Website Fiestival Maelström

These various strands merge in his poetic work.Website Erudit.org He is a performance poet, for whom very different places can be stages for his reading. Illness, madness and mourning are the main subjects of his sound poetry. He uses his voice in many different ways in his performances, from whispering to screaming, from sounds that are not words to formal reciting.

Since 2006 he has been taking part in various poetic and artistic events in France, Belgium, Canada, Germany and Lebanon.

In 2009 he translated the Poems of Guantanamo into French, and he has translated some work of important beat poets and spoken word artists such as Anne Waldman and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, from the American.Website Literaturwerkstaat

Works

Audio Recordings

 Kit to be hacked, electronic poems, L'Ovni Tendre/Bourbaki, 2000
 Slackness, electronic poems 2, L'Ovni Tendre/Bourbaki, 2002
 Alien-Nation, Plaine Page, 2008

Books

Author

 Alien-Nation (poetry), Bookleg, Maelström, 2006
 Bascule (poetry), Bookleg, Maelström, 2006
 Erotographie (poetry), Biliki, 2007
 En quel pays étrange (poetry), Compact, Maelström, 2009
 HP 1999 (novel), Sens&Tonka/L'une&l'autre, 2009
 Week-end avec Hellènes- Error in fabula (novel), Sens&Tonka/L'une&l'autre, 2010
 Poéstreet, des marches de poésie urbaine (poetry), Compact, Maelström, 2011
 La Rhétorique des culs (novel), Sens&Tonka/L'une&l'autre, 2011
 Psyché Extérieur Nuit (poetry), Compact, Maelström, 2018
 My Talking Heads (poetry), Maelström, 2025

Translator
 Fast Speaking Woman, Anne Waldman, Maelström, 2008
 Poems of Guantanamo- Poèmes de Guantanamo, Biliki, 2009
 Soldiering/ Soldatesque, Anne Waldman, Maelström, 2011
 Fire and sage/ De sauge et de feu, Moe Clark, Maelström, 2013
 Courants noirs, complete poetry works, Nikos Kavvadias, Signes et balises, 2022

References

Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:French poets
Category:Writers from Marseille