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'''Pierre Alféri''' ({{IPA-fr|pjɛʁ alfeʁi|lang}}; born 1963) is a [[France|French]] [[novelist]], [[poet]], and essayist. Alféri is the son of the French philosopher [[Jacques Derrida]] and psychoanalyst [[Marguerite Aucouturier]].


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'''Pierre Alferi''' ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ alfeʁi|lang}}; 10 April 1963 – 16 August 2023) was a French novelist, poet, and essayist. Alferi was the son of the French philosopher [[Jacques Derrida]] and psychoanalyst [[Marguerite Aucouturier]].
==Biography==

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After his dissertation on [[William of Ockham]], Alféri began to primarily write poetry.<ref>Agnès Disson and Roxanne Lapidus. [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/substance/summary/v039/39.3.disson.html "Pierre Alferi: Compressing and Disconnecting"] ''SubStance''. Volume 39, Number 3, 2010 (Issue 123). E-{{ISSN|1527-2095}} Print {{ISSN|0049-2426}}</ref> Alféri is also a literary translator who has translated works by [[John Donne]], [[Giorgio Agamben]] and [[Meyer Schapiro]] from English and Russian into French.<ref name="lecture">{{cite web |url=http://rll.buffalo.edu/news/ |title=Bilingual reading by Pierre Alferi. |publisher=College of Arts and Sciences. [[University at Buffalo]]. The State University of New York. |location=[[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], United States |accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref> He has also written songs for several performing artists including [[Jeanne Balibar]]. Between 1991 and 1992, Alféri was writer-in-residence at the Fondation Royaumont, and at the [[French Academy in Rome]] between 1987 and 1988.
==Career==
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Alferi studied at the [[École normale supérieure (Paris)|École Normale Supérieure]], rue d'Ulm and completed his ''[[agrégation]].''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-08-18 |title=Pierre Alferi, a singular writer, has died |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2023/08/18/death-of-pierre-alferi-a-unique-writer_6097159_15.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=en}}</ref> After his dissertation on [[William of Ockham]], supervised by [[Louis Marin (philosopher)|Louis Marin]], Alferi began to primarily write poetry.<ref>Agnès Disson and Roxanne Lapidus. [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/substance/summary/v039/39.3.disson.html "Pierre Alferi: Compressing and Disconnecting"] ''SubStance''. Volume 39, Number 3, 2010 (Issue 123). E-{{ISSN|1527-2095}} Print {{ISSN|0049-2426}}</ref> Alferi was also a literary translator who has translated works by [[John Donne]], [[Giorgio Agamben]] and [[Meyer Schapiro]] from English and Russian into French.<ref name="lecture">{{cite web |url=http://rll.buffalo.edu/news/ |title=Bilingual reading by Pierre Alferi. |publisher=College of Arts and Sciences. [[University at Buffalo]]. The State University of New York. |location=[[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], United States |accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref> He had also written songs for several performing artists including [[Jeanne Balibar]]. Between 1991 and 1992, Alferi was writer-in-residence at the Fondation Royaumont, and at the [[French Academy in Rome]] between 1987 and 1988.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

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Alferi was co-founder (with [[Suzanne Doppelt]]), of the literary journal ''Détail'', and ''La Revue de Littérature Générale'' (with [[Olivier Cadiot]]). Alferi taught at the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts|École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts]] in Paris,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beauxartsparis.com/fr/formation/professeurs/176-pierre-alferi | title=Profil Pierre Alferi. |publisher=École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts |accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref> the [[École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs]] in Paris, and the [[European Graduate School]]. His work is considered singular and unclassifiable as it includes poetry, drawing, music, novel and philosophy. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Charron |first=Jeff Barda, Philippe |date=2023-08-27 |title=Une acuité folle : Pierre Alferi (1963-2023) - AOC media |url=https://aoc.media/critique/2023/08/27/une-acuite-folle-pierre-alferi-1963-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=AOC media - Analyse Opinion Critique |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Alferi was also a translator of poetry and philosophy including the work of [[Giorgio Agamben|Agamben]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Death of Pierre Alferi |url=https://beauxartsparis.fr/en/actualite/death-pierre-alferi |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Beaux-arts de Paris |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Pierre Alferi was born in Paris on 10 April 1963 to [[Jacques Derrida]], philosopher and inventor of [[deconstruction]] and [[Marguerite Aucouturier|Marguerite Derrida]], a psychoanalyst.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Breeden |first=Aurelien |date=2020-04-06 |title=Marguerite Derrida, French Psychoanalyst and Translator, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/obituaries/marguerite-derrida-dead-coronavirus.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre Alferi |url=https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-24110_Alferi |website=Poetry International |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre Derrida |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/wikifrat?lang=en&n=derrida&oc=0&p=pierre |website=Geneanet |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> He was of [[History of the Jews in Algeria|Algerian-Jewish]] descent through his father, and [[Czech people|Czech]] descent through his mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/obituaries/marguerite-derrida-dead-coronavirus.html|title=Marguerite Derrida, French Psychoanalyst and Translator, Dies at 87 (Published 2020)|website=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> He tried to remain discreet about his ancestry, namely his famous philosopher father [[Jacques Derrida|Derrida]], by adopting his maternal grandmother's name for public life.<ref name=":0" />


Alferi suffered from cancer and died in Paris on 16 August 2023, at the age of 60.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/08/17/la-mort-de-pierre-alferi-ecrivain-singulier_6185726_3382.html La mort de Pierre Alferi, écrivain singulier] ''[[Le Monde]]'' {{in lang|fr}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Loret |first=Eric |title=Pierre Alferi, mort d'un auteur archipel |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/livres/pierre-alferi-mort-dun-auteur-archipel-20230818_IXAJDMBMBFAXDFFMQPJICNX4TY/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref>
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Alféri is co-founder (with [[Suzanne Doppelt]]), of the literary journal ''Détail'', and ''La Revue de Littérature Générale'' (with [[Olivier Cadiot]]). Alféri teaches at the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts|École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts]] in Paris,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beauxartsparis.com/fr/formation/professeurs/176-pierre-alferi | title=Profil Pierre Alferi. |publisher=École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts |accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref> the [[École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs]] in Paris, and the [[European Graduate School]].


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
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* ''petit, petit'', Rup et rud, 2001
* ''petit, petit'', Rup et rud, 2001
* ''La Voie des airs'', [[POL (édition)|POL]], Paris, 2004 {{ISBN|2-86744-993-6}}
* ''La Voie des airs'', [[POL (édition)|POL]], Paris, 2004 {{ISBN|2-86744-993-6}}
* ''OXO'' (photos by Suzanne Doppelt, trans. by Cole Swensen), Burning Deck, Providence, 2004 {{ISBN|1-886224-66-8}}
* ''Writing the Real: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry'' (translated by Kate Lermitte Campbell), 2016. [[Enitharmon Press]]
* ''Writing the Real: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry'' (translated by Kate Lermitte Campbell), 2016. [[Enitharmon Press]]


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.beauxartsparis.com/fr/formation/professeurs/176-pierre-alferi Pierre Alferi] at [[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts]]
* [http://www.beauxartsparis.com/fr/formation/professeurs/176-pierre-alferi Pierre Alferi] at [[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts]]
* [https://egs.edu/biography/pierre-alferi/ Pierre Alferi] at [[The European Graduate School]]
* [https://diacritik.com/2023/08/17/hommage-a-pierre-alferi-1963-2023-ma-grande-affaire-est-le-maintien-ou-le-retour-de-la-vie-dans-ce-qui-sarrete/ Hommage à Pierre Alferi ''(1963-2023)'' : « Ma grande affaire est le maintien ou le retour de la vie dans ce qui s’arrête »]
* [http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/french.php/2009/01/21/pierre-alferi-2009-regents-lecturer Pierre Alferi.] [[University of California]], Berkeley. 2009 Regents' Lecturer.
* [http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/french.php/2009/01/21/pierre-alferi-2009-regents-lecturer Pierre Alferi.] [[University of California]], Berkeley. 2009 Regents' Lecturer.
* [https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-book-club/hommage-pierre-alferi-8769421 Hommage à Pierre Alferi], Radio France.


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Latest revision as of 16:13, 13 October 2024

Pierre Alferi
BornPierre Jérôme Derrida
(1963-04-10)10 April 1963
Paris, France
Died16 August 2023(2023-08-16) (aged 60)
Paris, France
Occupation
  • Poet
  • essayist
  • novelist
  • academic
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure
ParentsJacques Derrida
Marguerite Aucouturier

Pierre Alferi (French: [pjɛʁ alfeʁi]; 10 April 1963 – 16 August 2023) was a French novelist, poet, and essayist. Alferi was the son of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida and psychoanalyst Marguerite Aucouturier.

Career

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Alferi studied at the École Normale Supérieure, rue d'Ulm and completed his agrégation.[1] After his dissertation on William of Ockham, supervised by Louis Marin, Alferi began to primarily write poetry.[2] Alferi was also a literary translator who has translated works by John Donne, Giorgio Agamben and Meyer Schapiro from English and Russian into French.[3] He had also written songs for several performing artists including Jeanne Balibar. Between 1991 and 1992, Alferi was writer-in-residence at the Fondation Royaumont, and at the French Academy in Rome between 1987 and 1988.[citation needed]

Alferi was co-founder (with Suzanne Doppelt), of the literary journal Détail, and La Revue de Littérature Générale (with Olivier Cadiot). Alferi taught at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris,[4] the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, and the European Graduate School. His work is considered singular and unclassifiable as it includes poetry, drawing, music, novel and philosophy. [5] Alferi was also a translator of poetry and philosophy including the work of Agamben. [6]

Personal life and death

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Pierre Alferi was born in Paris on 10 April 1963 to Jacques Derrida, philosopher and inventor of deconstruction and Marguerite Derrida, a psychoanalyst.[7][8][9] He was of Algerian-Jewish descent through his father, and Czech descent through his mother.[10] He tried to remain discreet about his ancestry, namely his famous philosopher father Derrida, by adopting his maternal grandmother's name for public life.[1]

Alferi suffered from cancer and died in Paris on 16 August 2023, at the age of 60.[11] [12]

Publications

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Poetry
  • Les Allures naturelles POL, Paris, 1991 ISBN 2-86744-218-4
  • Le Chemin familier du poisson combatif, POL, Paris, 1992 ISBN 2-86744-308-3
  • Kub Or, POL, Paris, 1994 ISBN 2-86744-411-X
  • Sentimentale journée, POL, Paris, 1997 ISBN 2-86744-557-4
  • Personal Pong (avec Jacques Julien), Villa Saint-Clair, Sète, 1997
  • Handicap (avec Jacques Julien), Rroz, 2000
  • petit, petit, Rup et rud, 2001
  • La Voie des airs, POL, Paris, 2004 ISBN 2-86744-993-6
  • OXO (photos by Suzanne Doppelt, trans. by Cole Swensen), Burning Deck, Providence, 2004 ISBN 1-886224-66-8
  • Writing the Real: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry (translated by Kate Lermitte Campbell), 2016. Enitharmon Press
Novels
Essays
Art
  • Ca Commence à Séoul, DVD video. Pierre Alféri and Jacques Julien, Le Label Dernière Bande and Éditions P.O.L. 2007
  • L'inconnu, Pierre Alféri and Jacques Julien, le Quartier - Centre d'art contemporain de Quimper. 2004

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pierre Alferi, a singular writer, has died". Le Monde.fr. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  2. ^ Agnès Disson and Roxanne Lapidus. "Pierre Alferi: Compressing and Disconnecting" SubStance. Volume 39, Number 3, 2010 (Issue 123). E-ISSN 1527-2095 Print ISSN 0049-2426
  3. ^ "Bilingual reading by Pierre Alferi". Buffalo, United States: College of Arts and Sciences. University at Buffalo. The State University of New York. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Profil Pierre Alferi". École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  5. ^ Charron, Jeff Barda, Philippe (2023-08-27). "Une acuité folle : Pierre Alferi (1963-2023) - AOC media". AOC media - Analyse Opinion Critique (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Death of Pierre Alferi". Beaux-arts de Paris. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  7. ^ Breeden, Aurelien (2020-04-06). "Marguerite Derrida, French Psychoanalyst and Translator, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  8. ^ "Pierre Alferi". Poetry International. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Pierre Derrida". Geneanet. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Marguerite Derrida, French Psychoanalyst and Translator, Dies at 87 (Published 2020)". The New York Times. April 6, 2020.
  11. ^ La mort de Pierre Alferi, écrivain singulier Le Monde (in French)
  12. ^ Loret, Eric. "Pierre Alferi, mort d'un auteur archipel". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
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