Al Dante

Founded in 1994, Al Dante aims to bring the most contemporary writing out of the margins. Al Dante publishes books—poetry, poetic and experimental proses, historical avant-gardes, theoretical essays, catalogs and artists' publications, anthologies, reviews—but also CDs (sound poetry, music), DVDs, journals, organizes and participates in events—readings, performances, colloquiums, exhibitions...

Al Dante's catalogue is integrated into that of Les presses du réel since 2018, and its program extended, in all its poetic and political radicality, within a new series directed by Laurent Cauwet.

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310 titles

Series:

Véronique Bergen
Janis Joplin – Voix noire sur fond blanc

2016

French edition

A novel on the life and times of Janis Joplin.

Justin Delareux
Extrait des nasses

2016

French edition

A both poetical and political text, praising the poetic revolution of language against the current condition of the everyday life.

Michel Surya
Le Mort-né – Suivi de Eux

2016

French edition

Novelist, essayist and philosopher Michel Surya looks back on his past as an unwanted child and delivers powerful thoughts on hatred, death, and the will to live.

$Julien Blaine - Lecture de 5 faits d\'actualité par un septuagénaire bien sonné$

Julien Blaine
Lecture de 5 faits d'actualité par un septuagénaire bien sonné

2016

French edition

~~23.00~~ 11.50 €

Religious crimes, Rosetta spacecraft, Hillary Clinton, workers' struggle in France, Calais jungle: a critical commentary of the news by poet Julien Blaine.

$Dominique Lesbegueris & Christine Raynier - Les mots construisent l\'architecture - 1995-2015 & ∞$

Dominique Lesbegueris & Christine Raynier
Les mots construisent l'architecture – 1995-2015 & ∞

2016

French edition

~~39.00~~ 19.00 €

A richly-illustrated monograph spanning twenty years of works by architects Dominique Lesbegueris and Christine Raynier. The publication includes an interview with the duo and a collection of poetic texts by Ève Delalysse, Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou, Véronique Bergen, Liliane Giraudon, Fédé Aranburu, Amandine André, Jean-Jacques Viton, Sarah Kérina, and Laura Vazquez.

Rada Iveković
Réfugié-e-s – Les jetables

2016

French edition

Philosopher and feminist writer Rada Iveković examines the current refugee crisis in Europe, and call for the reception of the migrants.

Amandine André
De la destruction

2016

French edition

Collection of 10 texts to explore the tense poetry of Amandine André. With a foreword by Michel Surya.

Herman Gorter
Ce que tu es

2016

French edition

Collection of poems by Dutch poet and communist activist Herman Gorter, key figure of modern poetry in the Netherlands who inspired generations of poets including 1950's avant-garde authors.

$Pascale Weber - L\'attachement$

Pascale Weber
L'attachement

2016

French edition

An iconographic and analytic portrait of artist Pascale Weber's singular practice.

Jérôme Bertin
Retour de bâtard

2016

French edition

The follow-up of Jérôme Bertin 's autobiographical enterprise: the life of an outcast in the margins of society.

Jacques Sivan
Pendant Smara – Suivi de Pissarro & co

2015

French edition

Jacques Sivan continues to explore the visual and phonetic potentialities of the language.

A.C. Hello
Naissance de la gueule

2015

French edition

A poem of sheer brutality on the corporal incarnation of the language.

Éric Pessan
En voie de disparition

2015

French edition

A professional portrait of the writer.

Invece #03 – Cimendef et les hommes libres

2015

French edition

~~15.00~~ 7.50 €

3rd issue of Julien Blaine's art and poetry journal is dedicated to Cimendef, the legendary maroon from Bourbon Island.

Véronique Bergen
Le cri de la poupée

2015

French edition

A novel on German artist and writer Unica Zürn, a close friend of the surrealist movement and Hans Bellmer's lover.

David Sillanoli
Courir après Ouma Kapal

2015

French edition

~~17.00~~ 8.00 €

A tale on the search for an ancestral relic that has the power to annihilate the universe. At the crossroads of an adventure novel, a science-fiction narrative, and a punk story.

Antoine Dufeu
Sic – Suivi de Zastava ? Je répondis (si) sottement

2015

French edition

A fiction reflecting on the issues of language and information.

Kouam Tawa
Colliers de perle

2015

French edition

Collection of poems by Cameroonian poet Kouam Tawa.

$Florence Pazzottu - Hymne à l\'Europe universelle (sic)$

Florence Pazzottu
Hymne à l'Europe universelle (sic)

2015

French edition

A both poetic and political text on ordinary racism towards the Romani people.

Yannick Torlini
Rien(s)

2015

French edition

A text by poet and language explorer Yannick Torlini.

Les Nouveaux Partisans – Histoire de la Gauche Prolétarienne par des militants de base

2015

French edition

An history of the Gauche Prolétarienne—the most important revolutionary organisation in France after May 68.

Rada Iveković
Les citoyens manquants

2015

French edition

This essay examines the concept of “missing citizens”, taking as a point of departure the violence in the French suburbs, and focusing on contemporary migrations and the construction of citizenships.

Anne Kawala
Le déficit indispensable (Screwball)

2015

French edition

A multifaceted travel story in which a modern-day female hunter-gatherer leaves Greenland to find her love back in China. The narrative includes a set of illustrations and a concluding notebook.

Amandine André
Quelque chose

2015

French edition

A poetics of the body.

Jean-Philippe Cazier
Ce texte et autres textes

2015

French edition

A long length poem by French poet, translator and writer Jean-Philippe Cazier.

Anna Akhmatova
Requiem – Et autres poèmes

2015

French edition

currently out of stock

Collection of poems by the great Russian poetess Anna Akhmatova.

$Till Roeskens - À propos de quelques points dans l\'espace$

Till Roeskens
À propos de quelques points dans l'espace

2015

French edition

Halfway between the autobiography, the adventure story, the manifesto and the catalogue, this publication traces twenty-five years of travels, explorations, and encounters by artist-explorer Till Roeskens.

Rudolf di Stefano
Vive le cinématographe ! – Investigation sur la singularité du cinéma

2015

French edition

Filmmaker Rudolf di Stefano shares his views about cinema through a series of quotes by four representants of contemporaneity in film: Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, and Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet.

Jann-Marc Rouillan
Le rat empoisonné

2014

French edition

The last volume of the journal of political activist Jann-Marc Rouillan after his prison release.

Éric Madeleine
Je suis le cerveau du délibéré, encellulé au-dessus des incisives

2014

French edition

First publication by visual artist and performer Éric Madeleine: a collection of texts associated with his performance work and drawings.

$Éric Toussaint - Procès d\'un homme exemplaire$

Éric Toussaint
Procès d'un homme exemplaire

2014

French edition

An investigation on former director of the IMF and the World Bank Jacques de Groote, sued by the Swiss courts for fraudulent privatization.

Invece - Rain in the Face et ses guerriers

Invece #02 – Rain in the Face et ses guerriers

2014

French edition

~~15.00~~ 7.50 €

2nd issue of Julien Blaine's art and poetry journal is dedicated to Native American warchief Rain in the Face.

Véronique Bergen
Marilyn – Naissance année zéro

2014

French edition

A fictional portrait of Marilyn Monroe.

Jérôme Bertin
La peau sur la table – Suivi de Autoportrait

2014

French edition

A raw, powerful and disjunctive pamphlet against our civilization, followed by the author's self-portrait.

$« L\'Homme approximatif » (+ DVD)$

« L'Homme approximatif » (+ DVD)

2014

French edition

~~20.00~~ 10.00 €

Collection of poems bringing together French authors on the fringes of literary trends, past and present. Under the supervision of François Dominique and Bruno Lemoine. This edition includes a DVD of video-poems by Isabelle Filleul de Brohy.

Jacques Sivan, Charles Pennequin
Alias Jacques Bonhomme

2014

French edition

An experimental novel written by two powerful voices of French experimental poetry. With illustrations by Charles Pennequin.

Avava-ovava

2014

French edition

Compendium of stories, reflections and images conceived by a group of young French Romanis, during their trip to Birkenau for the commemoration of the massacre of the Gypsy camp during the night of August 2nd to 3rd, 1944.

Doc(k)s – Morceaux choisis – 1976-1989

2014

French edition

An anthology of the international avant-garde poetry journal created in 1796 by Julien Blaine.

Ossip Mandelstam
Voronej – Choix + Sur Staline

2014

French edition

This publication presents a vast selection of poems written from 1935-1937 by dissident Soviet poet and essayist Ossip Mandelstam during his forced exile in Voronezh. The edition is completed by two poems on Stalin.

$Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou - Glôôsse - Réponse à la tentative d\'assassinat du peuple grec par l\'Union européenne et ses bailleurs de fonds$

Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou
Glôôsse – Réponse à la tentative d'assassinat du peuple grec par l'Union européenne et ses bailleurs de fonds

2014

French edition

This poetical and political text gives a both personal and collective account of Greece's crisis.

Skalpel
Du bitume avec une plume

2014

French edition

The chronicles of a troubled suburb of Paris.

Sylvain Courtoux
Consume rouge – Post-poèmes de combat (+ CD)

2014

French edition

Large format album showcasing the autobiographical and reflective poetry of Sylvain Courtoux. These hybrid texts featuring visual collages and typographic experiments are accompanied by a recording of noise music entitled Dead By A Thousand Sources.

Serge Pey
Agenda rouge de la résistance chilienne

2014

French edition

A collection of poems dedicated to the Revolutionary Left Movement's struggle against fascism in Chile.

Florence Louise Petetin
I am Earth and Ash

2014

bilingual edition (English / French)

(last copies available!)

This richly illustrated catalogue presents the work of Florence Louise Petetin in all its variety: paintings, drawings, graphic works, performances, texts, video, etc. In appendix, a selection of texts and poems by the artist.

Henri Deluy
Action cuisine

2014

French edition

Travel notebook dedicated to the joys of gastronomy in France and the world by poet Henri Deluy.

Yannick Torlini
Nous avons marché

2014

French edition

This publication gathers a series of texts investigating the topic of escape.

Jérôme Bertin
Première ligne – 105 mesures pour une guerre

2014

French edition

A poetic manifesto against the brutality of all forms of power.

Jérôme Bertin
Projet Wolfli

2014

French edition

A dystopian tale describing a guerilla between fascist militias and utopist groups.

Susanne Strassmann

2014

bilingual edition (English / French)

Monograph dedicated to the German artist which gathers a series of figurative paintings inspired by her practice of photography and site-specific painting. The publication includes commissioned texts by various contributors.