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Joyce Mansour nee Joyce Patricia Adès, (25 July 1928 – 27 August 1986), was an Egyptian-French author, notable as a surrealist poet. She became the best known surrealist female poet, author of 16 books of poetry, as well as a number of important prose and theatre pieces.

Joyce Mansour
Born
Joyce Patricia Adès

(1928-07-25)25 July 1928
Bowden, England
Died27 August 1986(1986-08-27) (aged 58)
Paris, France
NationalityEgyptian-French
EducationCairo University
Known forPoetry
MovementSurrealism

Biography


Mansour was born in Bowden in England, to Jewish-Egyptian parents and lived in Cheshire for a month before her parents moved the family to Cairo, Egypt.[1] During her youth, Mansour excelled as a runner and a high jumper. She also competed in equestrian competitions.[1]

Mansour first came in contact with Parisian surrealism while still living in Cairo. She moved to Paris in 1953 at the age of 20.[1] In 1947, her first marriage at the age of 19 ended after six months when her husband died. Her second marriage was to Samir Mansour in 1949 and they divided their time between Cairo and Paris. Mansour began to write in French.

She died of cancer in Paris in 1986.[2]


Career


Mansour’s first published collection of poems, titled: Cris, was published in Paris in 1953 by Pierre Seghers.[3] This collection of work references male and female anatomy in explicit language that was unusual for the time.[1] Religious language can also be found. However, it is inverted, replacing what would be Christ with the lover.[4] References of Egyptian mythology are also present in Cris. Mansour references the White Goddess as well as Hathor.[3]

In 1954, Joyce Mansour became involved with the surrealist movement after Jean-Louise Bédouin wrote a review praising Cris in Médium: Communication surréaliste that May.[3] Joyce Mansour actively participated in the second wave of surrealism in Paris. Her apartment was a popular meeting place for members of the surrealist group. L'exécution du testament du Marquis de Sade, the performance piece by Jean Benoît took place in Mansour’s apartment.[5]

She collaborated with representatives such as Pierre Alechinsky, Enrico Baj, Hans Bellmer, Gerardo Chávez, Jorge Camacho, Ted Joans, Pierre Molinier, Reinhoud d'Haese and Max Walter Svanberg.


Work



Poetry



Prose



Bibliography



References


  1. Mansour, Joyce (1995). Screams. Gavronsky, Serge. Sausalito, Calif: Post-Apollo Press. ISBN 978-0942996258. OCLC 32466692.
  2. "Shanna Compton Celebrates Joyce Mansour". Archived 2015-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Surrealism and women. Caws, Mary Ann,, Kuenzli, Rudolf E.,, Raaberg, Gloria Gwen (First MIT Press ed.). Cambridge, Mass. ISBN 978-0262530989. OCLC 22508706.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. H., Matthews, J. (1969). Surrealist poetry in France (1st ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815621447. OCLC 54471.
  5. CONLEY, Katharine (1995). "Joyce Mansour's Ambivalent Poetic Body". French Forum. 20 (2): 221–238. ISSN 0098-9355. JSTOR 40552120.

Further reading



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Joyce Mansour, née Joyce Patricia Adès le 25 juillet 1928 à Bowden (Angleterre) et morte le 27 août 1986 à Paris, est une poétesse égyptienne d'expression française liée au surréalisme.



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