Chaired by Alan Jenkins, Poetry and Deputy editor
of the TLS. His most recent collections of poetry are A
Shorter Life (2005) and a highly acclaimed translation
of Rimbaud’s “Le Bateau Ivre”: Drunken Boats, 2007.
Graham Robb, literary and cultural historian, formerly
Fellow and Lecturer at Exeter College Oxford.
Prize-winning biographer of Rimbaud, Balzac and
Victor Hugo, his latest book is The Discovery of France.
Dominique Combe, Professor of French Literature at
the Paris Sorbonne, also Visiting Professor and Fellow
of Wadham College Oxford. A specialist in 19th-21st
century poetry, his notable study of Rimbaud was
published in 2004.
Martin Sorrel, Professor of French at Exeter
University. His books include: Verlaine: Selected
Poems and Rimbaud: Collected Poems. His last play,
The Glass Man, won the Mental Health Media Award
for Best Radio Drama, 2006.
Yann Frémy, currently author and co-editor of
recognised Rimbaud and Verlaine studies, he
organises the Annual ‘Verlaine/Rimbaud’ Seminars
at Paris Sorbonne, and is a member of Strasbourg University CERIEL group. With readings by the distinguished actors:
Bill Homewood and Estelle Kohler, leading players
with the Royal Shakespeare Company Shakespeare’s
Lovers is their recent best-selling recording.
Poet in the City is a registered charity committed
to attracting new audiences to poetry, making new
connections for poetry, and raising money to support
poetry education, in particular the placing of poets
in schools. Charity Commission number 1117354,
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The Rimbaud and Verlaine event is taking place
from 6.30pm on Monday 27th April 2009 in Hall One
at King’s Place, the new home of Guardian News
and Media, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG.
The event itself will start promptly at 7.00pm.
Poet in the City is delighted to be working with Kings
Place in King’s Cross, the new home of Guardian
News and Media. This spectacular new building
includes performance spaces, galleries, restaurants
and a book shop. The charity will be holding a whole
series of exciting events in Hall One at Kings Place
during 2009.
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Graham Henderson
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Rosalie Jorda
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