Tarkos, Christophe (1963–) Works   en fr

Biography

Christophe Tarkos 1964. Marseilles, France. Tarkos has published more than twenty-five volumes of poetry. He gives poetry performances regularly across Europe and collaborates frequently with other French artists, writers, and composers such as Katalin Molnar, Pascal Doury, and Eryck Abecassis. In contrast to the sparse but dense writing characteristic of his time, his is instead discursive and comedic. Tarkos is interested in the distortions and the malleability of language, as characterized by his coined term worddoh. His work has appeared in the reviews Nioques and Action poétique. Principal works: Le Damier, 1995; L’Oiseau vole, 1995; Ma langue est poétique, 1996; Oui, 1996; Processe, 1996; Le Train, 1996; Caisses, 1997; Farine Aloou, 1997; La Bâton, 1998; L’Argent, 1999; La Cage, 1999; Le Signe, 1999.

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