Saturday, March 19 at 11 am & Saturday, April 2 at 11 am at Médiathèque André Verdet, Carros
As part of the Printemps des poètes, the André Verdet library is offering a series of events that include two readings of texts.
Text reading and aperitif with texts by Aragon, Saturday, March 19 at 11 am
Selected poems by Louis Aragon recited and sung by the association Les planches saint-jeannoises. Featuring Nicole Ruggieri, Florence Mingot, Candice Lagwa, Jean-Pierre Caron, and Serge Benizri, accompanied by two musicians.
Reading of texts by André Verdet by Stéphane Mélis, Saturday, April 2 at 11 am.
On the occasion of the publication in April 2011 of André Verdet’s book “Au-delà du seul à seul,” (thoughts) unpublished texts, Stéphane Mélis will read excerpts from this work to the public.
André Verdet, born in Nice in 1913 and passed away on December 19, 2004, wrote over 200 works, including poetry, essays, texts on art, tales, and even a novel. He was one of the last representatives of the great era when Giono, Prévert, Cocteau, Picasso, Matisse… were alive, with whom he was a friend, confidant, and collaborator on many works. A poet, painter, sculptor, ceramist, art critic, music enthusiast, amateur astronomer, and science lover, André Verdet remained active well into his 90s and encouraged new artistic movements and young artists as he did previously for Arman, Yves Klein, Sosno, Ben, and many others.
The reading of the texts from this posthumous book should have a particularly emotional resonance in the library that bears his name.
