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In September 1996, I borrowed a volume of poetry from Anna Livebardon; I do not recall the title. One poem from this volume particularly impressed me, so upon returning the book to her, I asked her to recite the poem while I tape-recorded her voice. I can no longer find the cassette tape of this recording, but luckily I still have a transcription of the poem that I made in 1998. If anyone has information about the title of the book this poem came from, please let me know.
This poem was published in the October–December 1980 issue of the literary journal Oltis. A slightly modified version, entitled Le Prix de l'Académie des Belles Lettres du Quercy, appears in her book De Tous Les Jours.
The poem Le Page appeared in the January–March 1981 issue of the literary magazine Oltis. According to the text accompanying this poem, Anna Livebardon received the Prix François Coppée from the Académie Française for it, but I have not been able to confirm this on their website.
Anna Livebardon published at least three versions of this poem, each slightly different. The earliest known version, entitled Ma Nuit Sans Vous, was published in the April–June 1982 issue of the literary magazine Oltis. A slightly modified version entitled La Nuit Sans Vous appeared in the January–March 1985 issue of Oltis. Interestingly, the Académie des Belles Lettres du Quercy awarded her the «Prix Christiane Rinaldi» twice for this poem: once in 1982 and again in 1985. Then in 1987, Anna Livebardon published yet another version of this poem in her book, De Toutes Les Nuits.
Read the 1982 version | Read the 1985 version | Read the 1987 version | Photo of the 1982 poem | Photo of the 1985 poem
The poem Bacchus et le Vin du Lot appeared in the April–June 1982 issue of the literary magazine Oltis. To the best of my knowledge, it was not published elsewhere.
The poem L'hirondelle et le Coq Gaulois appeared in the July–September 1982 issue of the literary magazine Oltis. To the best of my knowledge, it was not published elsewhere.
In the April–June 1986 issue of Oltis, René Streiff wrote a poem in homage to Anna Livebardon, entitled Dans L'ombre d'une Tour. In response, Anna composed the poem En Regardant La Tour.
