Nicolas Kurtovitch
Nicolas Kurtovitch was born in Nouméa to New Caledonian and Yugoslavian parents. He studied geography at the University of Provence and then became a teacher in New Caledonia, serving as principal of Do Kamo High School for twenty-five years. One of the leading figures in New Caledonia’s literary landscape, he is the author of an extensive oeuvre of poetry, fiction, and theatre and has given readings and done residencies in many countries around the world. His writing has been awarded the Antonio Viccaro International Poetry Prize, the Prix du Salon of the Ouessant Island Book Fair, the Popaï Prize, and the Vi Nimö Prize. He is a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres de France and was the founding president of the Association of New Caledonian Writers. In 2005 he helped create the Geopoetic Center of New Caledonia and in 2004 he was made a knight of France’s Order of Arts and Letters.
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Awen publications:
By the Edge of the Sea: short stories
Other publications:
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POETRY
Sloboda
Vision d’insulaire
Souffle de la nuit
L’arme qui me fera vaincre
Homme montagne
Assis dans la barque
Avec le masque
Dire le vrai / To Tell the Truth (with Déwé Gorodey)
On marchera le long du mur
Poème de la solitude et de l’exil
Autour Uluru / Around Uluru
Ode aux pauvres
Haïbun de ouessant
Le piéton du dharma
Le dit du cafard Taoist
Cette poignée de main (with Annie Rosès)
Les arbres et les rochers se partagent la Montagne
Ombre que protège l’ombre
Où irons nous ces jours prochains
FICTION
Forêt terre et tabac
Lieux
Totem
Lieux II
Seulement des mots
Good night friend
Les heures italiques
Dans le ciel splendide
Iamelé and Willidone
THEATRE
Le sentier Kaawenya
Les dieux sont borgnes (with Pierre Gope)
La commande
La Balançoire
