tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58158284924718183552024-03-13T21:17:38.178-07:00The Jules Laforgue Appreciation SocietyThis site is dedicated to the appreciation of French Symbolist poet Jules LaforgueJenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-70409971800351869392014-08-08T17:33:00.002-07:002014-08-08T17:33:59.684-07:00Recent "Sundays" Translation from TLS
As the anniversary of his birth approaches (August 16, 1860), here's an excerpt of a very nice recent translation by P.N. Furbank of the Jules Laforgue poem "Sundays" which appeared in the Times Literary Supplement on November 12, 2013. To stay updated on any new Jules Laforgue Appreciation Society developments it will be best to join the official Facebook page.
And yet . . . and yet . . . why Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-83340893240806455872012-02-15T20:39:00.000-08:002012-02-15T20:39:42.105-08:00Plaque Dedicated at Birthplace of Jules LaforgueA very kind man from Montevideo named Emilio Irigoyen posted a link about this in the comments area of this website last year and I have just now seen it.
Very exciting to know that in honor of the 150th Anniversary of his birth, the government of Uruguay has finally posted an official plaque recognizing the birthplace of Jules Laforgue in Montevideo. It is so wonderful to hear this — I wish it Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-78798594863716337422011-08-15T23:02:00.000-07:002011-08-15T23:02:12.557-07:00On the 151st Anniversary of His BirthThis August 16th is the 151st anniversary of the birth of Jules Laforgue. A perfect day to celebrate this wonderful poet by enjoying some of his poetry!
Visit Laforgue.org for lots of great options right now or read some posts below here at the Jules Laforgue Appreciation Society site. Or, hell, just Google "Jules Laforgue" and explore!
In honor of the day, I want to share this one English Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-9314057533244680242010-08-16T16:51:00.000-07:002010-08-16T16:51:43.247-07:00A Life of Longing and Laforgue - at SF360.orgIn honor of the big day today (the 150th Birthday of Jules Laforgue) the folks at the fabulous Bay Area Film site, SF360.org are running a piece that I wrote which is essentially the prologue to my film project, Grandement Triste.
Here's an excerpt:
A lifelong engagement which could even be said to supersede our commitments to friends, family, and lovers. That is how I would characterize our Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-41344946568622985252010-08-15T09:27:00.000-07:002010-08-15T09:28:15.991-07:00A birthday translation in honor of Laforgue's 150thTomorrow — Monday, August 16th, 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jules Laforgue. But how to celebrate?
In honor of the occasion I decided to run a Google Translation of one of my favorite obscure Laforgue poems, "Berceuse d'automne" (it is very similar to a much later poem of his called "L'Hiver qui vient").
Because of his unusual poetic constructions there seem to be really Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-22519767630359332142010-08-06T12:31:00.000-07:002010-08-06T12:31:19.395-07:00Grandement Triste: The FilmCreative projects have creative origins — through the process of writing this blog and sharing some of my passion for Jules Laforgue with the world, I have recently realized that I am officially in development on a personal documentary about Laforgue and about my pilgrimage to his birthplace (in Montevideo, Uruguay). The film is called, fortuitously, Grandement Triste.Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-48403666661535484402010-08-01T22:41:00.000-07:002010-08-01T22:45:23.844-07:00150th Anniversary of the Birth of Jules LaforgueThis coming August 16th is the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Jules Laforgue. Please be sure to celebrate the day accordingly. Stay tuned for some special postings to the Jules Laforgue Appreciation Society page in honor of this notable occasion and be sure to RSVP to the official Facebook Event for the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Jules Laforgue — so everyone will know that you'll be Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-32544527430270469532010-04-24T20:04:00.000-07:002010-04-24T20:08:03.486-07:00Lawrence Durrell on LaforgueIn the Introduction to Laforgue's Ouvres completes, tome 1 (may the actual volume someday be translated into English).Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-30884853786686629832010-02-17T23:02:00.000-08:002010-08-02T16:58:48.215-07:00Google Map of My Pilgrimage to Birthplace of Jules LaforgueView Birthplace of Jules Laforgue in a larger mapClick through to see my various notes about my search on this Google Map of Montevideo, Uruguay.Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-67651288328374412392010-01-26T13:25:00.000-08:002010-01-27T17:39:38.265-08:00Site of the Baptism of Jules LaforgueI have returned from my pilgrimage to Uruguay to find the birthplace of Jules Laforgue (sadly, the building was torn down long ago). But at the end of a full day wandering the streets of Montevideo I came upon the church where he was baptized, San Francisco de Asis! I will write more later but wanted to share this fabulous photo of the church — which is incredibly decrepit, and not open to the Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-51819832189511858032009-08-16T11:54:00.000-07:002009-08-16T12:08:57.346-07:00149th Anniversary of Jules Laforgue's BirthOn the occasion of the 149th anniversary of his birth, here's a nice translation of an unpublished Laforgue sketch of Baden-Baden from David Arkell's Looking for Laforgue:"These stifling evenings at Baden-Baden with the room full of moving flowers, the windows open to all the noises of the valley: a distant dog, distant fireworks, that stupid band in the Kurzgarten, the perpetually renewed Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-1205013015907615172007-08-17T11:53:00.000-07:002007-08-17T11:55:21.184-07:00Join the Facebook Group!Click here to join the Jules Laforgue Appreciation Society Facebook GroupJenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815828492471818355.post-74297315597914848902007-08-15T16:11:00.000-07:002009-08-16T12:18:35.580-07:00August 16: Birthday of Jules LaforgueThe French Symbolist poet, Jules Laforgue was born on this day in 1860, in Montevideo, Uruguay. He died of tuberculosis just twenty-seven years later (on August 20th 1887) at his home in Paris -- the fifth floor flat at 8 rue de Commaille (pictured above). Today (August 16th 2007) on the 147th anniversary of his birth, I hereby inaugurate The Jules Laforgue Appreciation Society and corresponding Jenni Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291059234403515072noreply@blogger.com0