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'''Louis-René des Forêts''' (28 January 1916 – 30 December 2000) was a French writer.

== Life ==
Des Forêts's only novel, ''The Beggars'' (''Les Mendiants'') was published by [[Éditions Gallimard]] in 1943. The rest of his works include shorter narratives, such as his best known work, ''Le Bavard'', and poetry.<ref>[http://www.pnreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?item_id=8506 PN Review]</ref> His work has been commented on by authors such as [[Maurice Blanchot]] or [[Yves Bonnefoy]].<ref>[http://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/ostinato-livre/ Article about ‘Ostinato’, Des Forêts’s last work] on [[Encyclopædia Universalis]]{{in lang|fr}}</ref>

In 1954, des Forêts co-founded a committee against the [[Algerian war]], with Dionys Mascolo, [[Edgar Morin]] and [[Robert Antelme]].
In 1967, he co-founded the literary journal ''[[L'Éphémère]]'' with writers [[Yves Bonnefoy]], [[André du Bouchet]], [[Paul Celan]], [[Jacques Dupin]], [[Michel Leiris]] and others.

Des Forêts received several literary prizes in France and Belgium. He was awarded the [[Grand prix national des Lettres]] for the entirety of his work in 1990.

Des Forêts was also a painter.<ref>[http://www.bnf.fr/documents/biblio_desforets.pdf French National Library: Biography and bibliography]{{in lang|fr}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* ''Les Mendiants'' (Gallimard, 1943). ''The Beggars'', trans. [[Helen Beauclerk]] (D. Dobson, 1948)
* ''Le Bavard'' (Gallimard, 1946). ''The Bavard'', trans. Jean Stewart in ''The Children's Room'' (1963)
* ''La Chambre des enfants: récits'' (Gallimard, 1960). Includes: "Un malade en forêt"; "Les grands moments d'un chanteur"; "La chambre des enfants"; "Une mémoire démentielle"; "Dans un miroir". The 1983 edition does not include "Un malade en forêt", which was published separately in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - on Louis-René des Forêts - PN Review 59 |url=https://www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/on-louis-renac-des-foraats/5161 |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=www.pnreview.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''Les Mégères de la mer'' (Mercure de France, 1967)
* ''Voies et détours de la fiction'' (Fata Morgana, 1985)
* ''Un malade en forêt'' (Fata Morgana, 1985). Included in first edition of ''La Chambre des enfants'' (1960).
* ''Le Malheur au Lido'' (Fata Morgana, 1987)
* ''Poèmes de Samuel Wood'' (Fata Morgana, 1988). Partially translated by Ann Smock (1991);<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smock |first=Ann |last2=Tobias |first2=Rochelle |last3=des Forêts |first3=Louis-René |date=1991 |title=Death's Poetic Property (with Poèmes de Samuel Wood) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20685933 |journal=Qui Parle |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=9–39 |issn=1041-8385}}</ref> later ''Poems of Samuel Wood'', trans. [[Anthony Barnett (poet)|Anthony Barnett]] (Allardyce Book, 2011)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Des Forêts |first=Louis-René |url=http://archive.org/details/poemsofsamuelwoo0000desf |title=Poems of Samuel Wood |date=2011 |publisher=East Sussex, UK : Allardyce Book, an imprint of Allardyce, Barnett, Publishers |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-907954-39-2}}</ref>
* ''Face à l'immémorable'' (Fata Morgana, 1993)
* ''Ostinato'' (Mercure de France, 1997). ''Ostinato'', trans. [[Mary Ann Caws]] (University of Nebraska Press, 2002)
* ''Pas à pas jusqu'au dernier'' (Mercure de France, 2001)

=== Compilations in English ===
* ''The Children’s Room'', trans. Jean Stewart ([[John Calder|Calder]], 1963). Includes: ''The Bavard''; "The Children's Room" ("La chambre des enfants"); "The Great Moments of a Singer" ("Les grands moments d'un chanteur"); and "Disordered Silence" ("Une mémoire démentielle").<ref>{{Cite book |last=Des Forêts |first=Louis-René |url=http://archive.org/details/childrensroom0000desf |title=The children's room |date=1963 |publisher=London, Calder |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7145-0165-9}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==

* 1960: Prix des Critiques for ''La Chambre des enfants''<ref>{{Cite news |date=1960-06-15 |title=M. LOUIS-RENÉ DES FORÊTS REÇOIT LE PRIX DES CRITIQUES |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1960/06/15/m-louis-rene-des-forets-recoit-le-prix-des-critiques_2093508_1819218.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |language=fr}}</ref>
* 1988: Prix Maeterlinck for his body of work
* 1990: [[Grand prix national des Lettres]] for his body of work
* 1997: [[Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL]] for ''Ostinato''
* 1997: Prix de l'Écrit intime for ''Ostinato''

== Further reading ==
* A review of ''Ostinato'' and [[Jean Roudaut]]'s biography of des Forêts: "Third person singular", Harry Guest, 17 July 1998, ''[[Times Literary Supplement]]'', Literature & Poetry
*A review of the English translation of ''Ostinato'': "French Literature", John Taylor, 14 February 2003, ''Times Literary Supplement'', Literature & Poetry

== References ==
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