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New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.

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There are very few great poets in the world.

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We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

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It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

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I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.

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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

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I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.

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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Poet

Born: December 1st, 1944

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