Desiderata

Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Patti Smith, Emma Ramadan

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Inpatient Press
25 March 2025

Literature: history & criticism

Musician Lizzy Mercier Descloux's kaleidoscopic foray into collage and poetry, translated and reprinted for the first time in 50 years.

Musician Lizzy Mercier Descloux's kaleidoscopic foray into collage and poetry, translated and reprinted for the first time in 50 years.

Desiderata is a collection of Lizzy Mercier Descloux's poetry, photos, and diaristic fragments from her visit to New York City in the winter of 1975. Only eighteen at the time, Descloux fell into the orbits of the nascent No Wave scene festering in Lower Manhattan, where she befriended Richard Hell, Patti Smith, and ZE Records founder Michel Esteban. Desiderata charts the musician's early ambitions as a writer, revealing a potent poetic voice that careens from acid-tinged social observations to outright Dadaist semantic revelry, interspersed with collages and hand-written notes. Originally composed entirely in French, this is the first time these works have ever appeared in English and this edition includes the original French facsimile bound tate-bache with the new English translation.

By: Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Patti Smith
Translated by: Emma Ramadan
Imprint: Inpatient Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781965874080
ISBN 10: 1965874088
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 25 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martine-Elisabeth ""Lizzy"" Mercier Descloux (1956-2004) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer, and painter. She collaborated with a wide range of musicians including Wally Badarou and Chet Baker. Emma Ramadan is a literary translator and recipient of the PEN Translation Prize, the Albertine Prize, and an NEA Translation Fellowship. Her translations include Anne Garreta's Sphinx, Virginie Despentes's Pretty Things, Kamel Daoud's Zabor, or the Psalms, and Abdellah Taia's A Country for Dying.

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""Her work in translating challenging, experimental texts is nothing short of extraordinary. Ramadan brings a deep understanding of both languages and cultures to her translations."" —Publisher's Weekly

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