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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1856 Collections and/or Records:

Lapokalipso / Duguay, Raoul., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-52942-74082
Scope and Contents Wikipedia: Raoul Duguay (born February 13, 1939) is an artist, poet, musician, and political activist in the Canadian province of Quebec. He been an active performer since 1966. Duguay is a longtime supporter of the Quebec sovereigntist movement and has run for public office on at least two occasions.Duguay was born in Val d'Or in the Abitibi region of Quebec, an event that he later chronicled on the semi-autobiographical track "La bittt à Tibi" on his first album. He began writing poetry in the 1950s, and his first two anthologies were published in 1966 and 1967.He met Walter Boudreau in 1967, and the two artists formed L'Infonie shortly thereafter. This project was intended both as a music group and a new approach to collective improvisation; Duguay published its manifesto in 1970. The group released a number of albums on the avant-garde side of Quebec's progressive rock and jazz-rock scenes before dissolving in 1973. Boudreau and Duguay have re-united on occasion since then,...
Dates: 1971

Larger Breath Of All Things / Randell, Elaine ; Upton L., 1978

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Identifier: CC-60178-50439
Scope and Contents

The cover design is an image by Lawrence Upton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Late Stations / Taylor, Kent ; levy da ; Woideck C ; Cornillon J., 1966

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Identifier: CC-48693-69725
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by Carl Woideck and d.a. levy provided a humorous introduction that was written in February 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

L'Atoll / The Atoll / Smith, William Jay ; Le Floch, Jean-Claude ; Sonja Haussmann, translator., 2003

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-43227-45286
Scope and Contents

The happy holidays card says "with love & gratitude for your great help with the exhibition & with love & very best wishes as ever, Sonja & Bill." The print appears to be an abstract image of a Pacific island (atoll). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense / Smith, William Jay ; Krahn, Fernando., 1990

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Identifier: CC-02838-2881
Scope and Contents

This is an expanded, revised edition of a book first published in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense / Smith, William Jay ; Krahn, Fernando., 1990

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Identifier: CC-02839-2882
Scope and Contents

This is an expanded, revised edition of a book first published in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Le Guetteur Melancolique / Apollinaire, Guillaume ; Salmon A., 1952

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Identifier: CC-26399-26868
Scope and Contents

This unnumbered copy includes reproductions of two calligrams by Apollinaire. This copy was owned by Saint-John Pearse and carries his initials near the title page as well as some marginalia. Saint-John Perse (also Saint-Leger Leger;[1] pseudonyms of Alexis Leger) (31 May 1887--20 September 1975) was a French poet-diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 "for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry." He was a major French diplomat from 1914 to 1940, after which he lived primarily in the United States until 1967. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1952

Le Livre D'Aubes, 1945

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-55602-58015
Scope and Contents

Unable to find biography of this poet on internet. This is a copy from the ordinary edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1945

Le Livre D'Aubes, 1945

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-59472-10002547
Scope and Contents

This is a deluxe copy printed on velin du Marais paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1945

Le Nouveau Commerce. No.32/Fall / Andre Dalmas, editor ; White K ; Eristov A., 1975

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Identifier: CC-59371-10002451
Scope and Contents

Includes nine pages of experimental calligraphy by Agatha Eristov. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Le Repas / Chopin, Henri; Aaron R., 1967

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Identifier: CC-17074-17431
Scope and Contents

Pages 11 & 15 are missing from the manuscript. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Le Sette Forme del Serpente, 1997

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Identifier: CC-29611-30984
Scope and Contents

Also designated Zeta No.128. Edited by Sarenco. One poem with erotic content has been translated into English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Le Train Bleu / Albert-Birot, Pierre ; Spacagna J., 1970

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Identifier: CC-27128-27603
Scope and Contents

Book contains unbound print and drawing by Jacques Spacagna. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970