Write from the beginning, for someone, for no one, write for the stones write for a stranger, for a blind man, for a blind man unknown
Notched is translated from Jacques Dupins mesmerising Échancré (P.O.L, 1991).
Jacques Dupin was a double laureate of the Grand prix national de la poésie and the Grand prix de poésie de lAcadémie française. Alex Andriesse is a poet and has translated, notably, Chateaubriands Memoirs from Beyond the Grave (NYRB Classics).
