Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1957 - 2015
Creator
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
28 (record album storage) and boxes 29-33 (audiovisual): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
34-35 (cold storage): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Boxes 36-39 (computer media): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies of electronic files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
20 Linear Feet (36 boxes + 2 cold storage, 1 record album storage)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Biographical / Historical
Jean-François Bory (1938- ) is a French poet, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker whose avant-garde oeuvre centers on visual poetry and sound poetry.
Born in Paris, Bory spent part of his childhood in South East Asia before returning to the French capital where he based his career. In addition to numerous collections of poems, Bory’s literary works include novels, monographs, essays, and articles of literary criticism.
The year 1966 marked Bory’s first exhibits of visual poetry in London, Milan, and Venice. Two years later he participated in the pioneering sound poetry festival Text und Aktionsabend II in Bern. In 1983, Bory joined experimental poets Eugenio Miccini, Sarenco, Julien Blaine, Paul de Vree, and Alain Arias-Misson in forming the transnational group Logomotives. As part of his editing work, Bory co-founded the Éditions Agentzia (1968-1972) with Jochen Gerz and Arthur Hubschmid, directed the literary and sociological art magazine L’Humidité (1970-1975), and has served on the editorial board of CCP - Cahier critique de poésie since 1999. In 1998, Bory and avant-garde poet Jacques Donguy co-founded the production company and multimedia magazine Son@rt.
Separated Materials
Processing Information
- Audiovisual materials
- Blaine, Julien, 1942-
- Born digital
- Bory, Jean-François, 1938-
- Collages (visual works)
- Concrete poetry, French -- 20th Century
- Dachy, Marc, 1952-
- Donguy, Jacques, 1943-
- Duwa, Jérôme, 1971-
- Experimental poetry, French -- 20th Century
- Experimental poetry, French -- 21st century
- Heidsieck, Bernard, 1928-2014
- Mréjen, Pierre
- Métail, Michèle
- Photographs
- Photomontages
- Poets -- France -- 20th Century
- Poets, French -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Poets, French -- 21st century -- Archives
- Royet-Journoud, Claude
- Sarenco, 1945-2017
- Sound poetry -- France -- 20th Century
- Sound recordings
- Video recordings
- Visual poetry, French -- 20th Century
- Visual poetry, French -- 21st century
- Title
- Guide to the Jean-François Bory Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Ève Bourbeau-Allard
- Date
- November 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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