{"id":465,"date":"2009-12-17T16:52:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T20:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=465"},"modified":"2013-02-26T08:57:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T13:57:04","slug":"edmond-jabes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2009\/12\/17\/edmond-jabes\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmond Jab\u00e8s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2009\/12\/Illusions-Sentimentales.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-488\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2009\/12\/Illusions-Sentimentales.jpg\" alt=\"Illusions-Sentimentales\" width=\"148\" height=\"232\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2009\/12\/Illusions-Sentimentales.jpg 800w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2009\/12\/Illusions-Sentimentales-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2009\/12\/Illusions-Sentimentales-657x1024.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a>Modern Books &amp; Manuscripts has recently acquired a collection of works by Egyptian-French poet Edmond Jab\u00e8s (1912-1991).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Born to a Jewish family of Italian nationality in Cairo, Jab\u00e8s published his first book of poetry, <em>Illusions Sentimentales<\/em>, at the age of eighteen.\u00a0 During the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, Jab\u00e8s published books of poetry along with poems in French and Egyptian literary journals.\u00a0 When the Egyptian government expelled Jews in 1957, following the Suez Crisis, Jab\u00e8s immigrated to Paris, becoming a French citizen in 1967.\u00a0 He continued to publish poetry, becoming a member of publisher Gallimard&#8217;s collection &#8220;blanche&#8221;. \u00a0 Over the course of his career, Jab\u00e8s wrote 27 books of poetry and prose, and was awarded Le Prix des Arts, des Lettres et des Sciences de la Fondation du Juda<span style=\"color: #000000\"><span>\u00efsme fran<\/span><\/span>\u00e7<span style=\"color: #000000\"><span>ais (1982), Le Grand Prix Nationale de Po<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00e9sie (1987), and was appointed Chevalier of the L<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00e9<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">gion d&#8217;honneur in 1952.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Houghton&#8217;s collection, compiled over 20 years by Roger Stoddard, Jab\u00e8s bibliographer and retired Curator of Rare Books at Houghton Library, includes nearly all publications by Jab\u00e8s, many of which have inscriptions by and close associations with Jab\u00e8s and his collaborators, fugitive works, collaborations with artists, and other material.\u00a0 No comparable collection of this rarity exists anywhere in the world, including the Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The material in this collection will become available in <a href=\"http:\/\/hollis.harvard.edu\" target=\"_blank\">HOLLIS<\/a> as it is accessioned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern Books &amp; Manuscripts has recently acquired a collection of works by Egyptian-French poet Edmond Jab\u00e8s (1912-1991). 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