Daniel Blanchard

Paris. A writer, poet and translator, from 1957 to 1965 together with Cornélius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Jean-François Lyotard and others, he took part in the activities of the collective grouped around the journal Socialisme ou Barbarie (Paris). In 1959 he became friends and collaborated with Guy Debord, with whom he wrote Préliminaires à la définition de l’unité du programme révolutionnaire. In the early 1970s he lived in the USA and took part in the countercultural movement. His publications include: Idéal portrait (1984), Halte sur la rive orientale du lac Champlain, Vermont (1990), Fugitif (1994), Ici (2001), Vide-poches (2003), and he has recently published the book of poems, Battant, dormant. He has also published work in the magazines, L’Ephémère, lN.N.R.F. Revue de Belles-Lettres, Cahiers d’Arte, Recueil, Nouveau Recueil, Poésie 95, and L’Atelier Contemporain.