Bobin - Nimble Spirit

You are not dead, Christian Bobin

Newspapers sometimes make these things up. We announce your death, Christian Bobin. I hasten to check. I reopen The Most Low and I am reassured. Appearances have played a trick on them again. Your voice is there, all vibrating with amazed astonishment: “Today’s books are made of paper. Yesterday’s books were gone. The Bible is … Read more

“The soul is an unprotected species”: Christian Bobin, death of a “Christian outside the walls”

by Fowler Marion

The news of the death of the poet Christian Bobin spread like a shock wave on Friday November 25, after the official announcement of his death by Gallimard editions. He was swept away by a cancer that suddenly evolved in a devastating way. Slipping away on tiptoe, the poet of joy left as he had … Read more