Catherine Weinzaepflen (born 1 July 1946,
Strasbourg) is a French writer
Biography
Weinzaepflen spent her childhood in Alsace and the Central African Republic, studied literature in Strasbourg and lives in Paris since 1977. She made many trips to the Middle East (Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan) which, like Africa, permeate her books.
With Christiane Veschambre, she created and co-directs the literary magazine Land (1981-1984). In 1986, birth of his daughter Fanny whose father is the painter Michel Potage. From 1990 to 2000, she regularly stayed in Los Angeles, and from 2010 to 2014 in Sydney.
She is a member of the Reading Committee of
Flammarion (1991-1993), then a member of the Commission Poésie of the
Centre national du livre (2003–2006). She has created writing workshops that she continues to lead (École supérieure des Arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, 1996–2010 ) ; École spéciale d'architecture de Paris (since 2004). She regularly collaborates with the CCP (Cahier Critique de Poésie).
Bibliography
Poetry
1976: L'Eau jaune, éditions Traboule
1977: Dans le texte, éditions La Main Bleue
1977: La Distance intime, éditions Coprah
1980: Cracher l'Afrique, Atelier de l'Agneau (Belgium)
1989: Les Maisons, Spectres familiers
2000: Les Mains dans le jaune absent, followed by York &, Le Scorff
2013: Ô l'explosion des poppies, Editions de l'Attente
2015: avec Ingeborg, Editions Des femmes- Antoinette Fouque
Novels
1977: Isocelles, Des Femmes
1978: La Farnésine, jardins, Des Femmes
1983: Portrait et un rêve, Flammarion, (Prix France Culture)
1985: Am See, Flammarion; L'Atelier des Brisants; Des femmes-Antoinette Fouque, 2007 (radio drama for
France Culture broadcast in 1979 under the title La Parole nomade)
1985: Totem, Flammarion, (selected for the
prix Médicis)