Jacques Donguy

 
Poet, translator and art critic, Jacques Donguy (born 1943 in Paris) co-managed the gallery J & J Donguy in Paris from 1981 to 2000 with his brother. A pioneer of digital and sound poetry in France, he brought out an anthology of Augusto de Campos, the Brazilian concrete poet, published by Les presses du réel. He has taught at l'Université Paris I.

(external link : www.donguy-expo.com)
 
Jacques Donguy - De Jeff Golyscheff à Stelarc - De l\'avant-garde à la post-humanité
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
forthcoming
A collection of texts and interviews, some previously unpublished, covering a period of 40 years, with rare illustrations.
Jacques Donguy - Catalogue raisonné de l\'œuvre de Jean-François Bory
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Misceallenous
forthcoming
Jacques Donguy - Essai sur la Poésie numérique - Ou vers un élargissement du langage
2023
French edition / excerpts translated into English
Les presses du réel – Literature – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
An international essay (France, USA, Brazil, etc.) on digital poetry, from the first attempts to generate text on the computer to the most contemporary developments and the problems posed by artificial intelligence.
Jacques Donguy - Chroniques de Poésie numérique
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
currently out of stock
The chronicles of the digital poetry movement, by one of its pioneers and main actors in France.
Jacques Donguy - Pd-extended 1 - Poésie numérique en Pure Data
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
Reference monograph dedicated to the pioneer of digital poetry in France, including documentation illustrating recent projects as well as all theoretical texts on digital poetry written by Donguy from 1984 to 2015.
Jacques Donguy - Pd-extended 1 - Poésie numérique en Pure Data
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
Reference monograph dedicated to the pioneer of digital poetry in France, including documentation illustrating recent projects as well as all theoretical texts on digital poetry written by Donguy from 1984 to 2015.
Jacques Donguy - Poésies expérimentales - Zone numérique (1953-2007)
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
J. Donguy introduces the visual and sound experimentations of concrete poetry, from 1953 (Gomringer and de Campos) to the current movements ("digital area"). The anthology, followed by an international bibliography, offers the first overview of this art, with 300 illustrations.


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