Edmond Jabès — об авторе
- Родился: 16 апреля 1912 г. , Cairo, Egypt
- Умер: 2 января 1991 г. , Paris, France
Биография — Edmond Jabès
Edmond Jabès was a French writer and poet of an Egyptian origin, and one of the best known literary figures to write in French after World War II. The work he produced when living in France in the late 1950s until his death in 1991 is highly original in its form and its breadth.
The son of a prominent Jewish family in Egypt going back to the 19th century, he was born and brought up in Cairo where he received a classical French education. He began publishing in French and writing for the theater at an early age. From the 1930s on, he was active in Cairo's artistic and literary avant-garde culture, while also nurturing relationships with poets and publishers in France. He was made a Knight…
