'A la lumiere d'hiver' (1977) is a central work in the writing of
the Swiss French poet Philippe Jaccottet (1925-2021). Written in
middle age, it forms a bridge between the poet's intricate early
lyrics and his more expansive and meditative later work. Starting
from a direct confrontation with the raw facts of mortality, its
three poem-sequences strip away further layers of illusion until a
glimmer of meaning starts to appear in the 'winter light' of the
landscape of the Drome area of northern Provence, where Jaccottet
made his home from 1953 until the end of his life. Tim Dooley's
translation, 'In Winter Light', is the product of a long
relationship with the original, which he first read at the time of
its publication. His English version mirrors the tentative,
scrupulous exploration of being he finds in Jaccottet's French,
both its hesitancies and circular movements and, finally, its
'unblinking eyes'.
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