Jacques Réda

Jacques Réda (born 24 January 1929 in Lunéville) is a French poet, jazz critic, and flâneur. He was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1983, and was chief editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française from 1987 to 1996.

Works

 * Amen (1968)
 * Récitatif (1971)
 * Les Ruines de Paris (1977) (The Ruins of Paris, trans. Mark Treharne, Reaktion Books, London, 1996)
 * L’Improviste, une lecture du jazz (1980)
 * L’Herbe des talus (1984)
 * Celle qui vient à pas légers (1985)
 * Jouer le jeu (L’Improviste II) (1985)
 * Retour au calme (1989) (Return to Calm, trans. by Aaron Prevots, 2007, Host Publications, Inc.)
 * Le Sens de la marche (1990)
 * Aller aux mirabelles, Gallimard (1991) (English translation: The Mirabelle Pickers, trans. by Jennie Feldman, Anvil Press Poetry, London 2012)