The Collected Poems of Henri Coulette (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Henri Coulette
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Language or languages, Self-discovery, Europe or Europeans, Cats, Tragedy, Espionage or spies, Secret service, Holocaust, Epigrams
Henri Coulette published only two books of poetry during his lifetime: The War of the Secret Agents (1966) and The Family Goldschmitt (1971). At the time of his death a third volume was more or less ready for press—a collection of some fifty poems he himself had entitled And Come to Closure. Although the last title was meant to refer to his conviction that he would never publish another book, it also describes to perfection the thrust of his poetic effort in everything he had ever written. He would come to closure; he never left any loose ends if he could...
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