Joyce Mansour
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Joyce Mansour was born Joyce Patricia Adès, in Bowden
, England to Jewish-Egyptian parents. She lived in Cairo
where she first came in contact with Parisian surrealism
and then moved to Paris
in 1953 where she became the best known Surrealist woman poet, author of 16 books of poetry, as well as a number of important prose and theatre pieces.
In 1947, her first marriage ended after six months when her husband died of an incurable disease.
Her second marriage was to Samir Mansour in 1949. They then divided their time between Cairo and Paris. Joyce Mansour began to write in French.
Bowden
-Places:Australia:* Bowden Island, one of the Family Islands in Queensland, Australia* Bowden, South Australia, a northwestern suburb of Adelaide, Australia** Bowden railway stationCanada:* Bowden, Alberta, a town in central Alberta, CanadaEngland:...
, England to Jewish-Egyptian parents. She lived in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
where she first came in contact with Parisian surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
and then moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1953 where she became the best known Surrealist woman poet, author of 16 books of poetry, as well as a number of important prose and theatre pieces.
In 1947, her first marriage ended after six months when her husband died of an incurable disease.
Her second marriage was to Samir Mansour in 1949. They then divided their time between Cairo and Paris. Joyce Mansour began to write in French.
Further reading
- Marie-Claire Barnet, La Femme cent sexes ou les genres communicants. DeharmeLise DeharmeLise Deharme , was a French writer associated with the Surrealist movement.She was born in Paris in 1898, daughter of a famous doctor...
, Mansour, PrassinosGisèle PrassinosGisèle Prassinos is a French writer associated with the surrealist movement.She was born in Istanbul, Turkey and emigrated to France with her family at the age of two, where they lived initially in Nanterre...
, Peter Lang, 1998 - Jean-Louis Bédouin, Anthologie de la poésie surréaliste, Éd. Pierre Seghers, Paris, 1983, p. 285
- Adam Biro & René Passeron, Dictionnaire général du surréalisme et de ses environs, co-édition Office du livre, Fribourg (Suisse) et Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1982
- Stéphanie Caron, Réinventer le lyrisme. Le surréalisme de Joyce Mansour, Droz, Genève 2007.(ISBN/ 978-2-600-0109060)
- Stéphanie Caron, « De la création comme (re)commencement. Petit aperçu sur la genèse des récits de Joyce Mansour : le cas "Napoléon" », in Pleine Marge n° 37, mai 2003
- Georgiana Colvile, Scandaleusement d'elles. Trente-quatre femmes surréalistes, Jean-Michel Place, Paris, 1999, pp. 186-195.
- Georginana Colvile, « Joyce Mansour et "Les Gisants satisfaits", trente ans après », in Avant-Garde no 4, Rodopi, 1990.
- Marco Conti, Joyce Mansour, l'eros senza fine, Poesia no 127, Crocetti, 1999
- Alain Marc, Écrire le cri, Sade, Bataille, Maïakovski…, préface de Pierre Bourgeade, l’Écarlate, 2000
- J. H. Matthews, Joyce Mansour, Rodopi, Amsterdam, 1985
- Marie-Laure Missir, Joyce Mansour, une étrange demoiselle, Jean-Michel Place, Paris, 2005 ISBN 2 85893 684 6.
- Richard Stamelman, Le Fauve parfum du plaisir, poésie et éros chez Joyce Mansour, Lachenal & Ritter
- Richard Stamelman, La Femme s'entête, la part du féminin dans le surréalisme, Lachenal & Ritter "Pleine Marge", 1998