Literature

Al Dante

 
Founded in 1994, Al Dante aims to bring the most contemporary writing out of the margins. Al Dante publishes books—poetry, poetic and experimental proses, historical avant-gardes, theoretical essays, catalogs and artists' publications, anthologies, reviews—but also CDs (sound poetry, music), DVDs, journals, organizes and participates in events—readings, performances, colloquiums, exhibitions...

Al Dante's catalogue is integrated into that of Les presses du réel since 2018, and its program extended, in all its poetic and political radicality, within a new collection directed by Laurent Cauwet.

See also the Al Dante catalogue in distribution, for all titles released before 2018.
 
Series directed by Laurent Cauwet.
Frédéric Acquaviva - Musique cabalistique
Frédéric Acquaviva
Musique cabalistique
2022
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Al Dante
A gallery of portraits of people listening to a work by Frédéric Acquaviva in progress, laid out like a flip book.
Yoann Sarrat - Phonosophie et corporalité compositionnelle - L\'art sonore de Frédéric Acquaviva
Yoann Sarrat
Phonosophie et corporalité compositionnelle – L'art sonore de Frédéric Acquaviva
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Al Dante
An initiatory drift through the complex, multiple and singularly innovative sound art of Frédéric Acquaviva.
Michel Surya - Principes pour une littérature qui empeste - Matériologies V
Michel Surya
Principes pour une littérature qui empeste – Matériologies V
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
The fifth and final part of Michel Surya's Matériologies: literature and thought to the test of the pandemic virality.
Laurent Marissal - Brecht & Brecht
Laurent Marissal
Brecht & Brecht
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Al Dante
Portraits in 22 tableaux based on the works and words of Bertolt & George Brecht.
Emmanuèle Jawad - Interférences
Emmanuèle Jawad
Interférences
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Interférences is composed of three series of poems, constructed like textual photographs. The material of this poetry crosses collective memories (protests against the Gulf War...), social news and intimist inserts, in a logic of telescoping and/or blurring of data.
Vincent Lafaille - Il a fallu apprendre à lire dans le noir
Vincent Lafaille
Il a fallu apprendre à lire dans le noir
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Vincent Lafaille reinvents a poetics built on the rhythm, sometimes hesitant, staggering, of walking, in a fragmented narrative that is rooted in the time of social movements (from 2016 to 2020) where the question of how to reinvest our cities and our lives—our present—raised.
Jean-Luc Parant - Soleil des autres
Jean-Luc Parant
Soleil des autres
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A long poem that questions our being in the world with a freedom that is both new and timeless, as if these words came from the origins.
Jean-Luc Parant - Soleil des autres - Limited edition
Jean-Luc Parant
Soleil des autres – Limited edition
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20 and signed, contains an original artwork by the author.
Marie Bauthias - Généa/logi(qu)e(s) illusoire(s)
Marie Bauthias
Généa/logi(qu)e(s) illusoire(s)
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Al Dante
Marie Bauthias' poetic collages.
Anthologie internationale de poésie contemporaine - 1. Arabie saoudite – Dans les galops du sable
Anthologie internationale de poésie contemporaine – 1. Arabie saoudite – Dans les galops du sable
2021
bilingual edition (Arabic / French)
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
This publication brings together some of the most representative authors of Saudi Arabian poetic modernity, in its widest scope. Translated by the Tunisian poet Moëz Majed, it is the first anthology of contemporary poetry from Saudi Arabia to be published in French.
Mohammed Al Hers - Semences pour les moissons d\'absence
Mohammed Al Hers
Semences pour les moissons d'absence
2021
bilingual edition (Arabic / French)
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
The first publication in French of the Saudi poet.
Ghassan Alkhunaizi - Nuages dans les nuages
Ghassan Alkhunaizi
Nuages dans les nuages
2021
bilingual edition (Arabic / French)
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
The first publication in French of the Saudi poet.
Ahmed Almulla - Intranquillité des dunes
Ahmed Almulla
Intranquillité des dunes
2021
bilingual edition (Arabic / French)
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
The first publication in French of the Saudi poet.
Saleh Zamanan - Brève mythologie de l\'effroi
Saleh Zamanan
Brève mythologie de l'effroi
2021
bilingual edition (Arabic / French)
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
The first publication in French of the Saudi poet.
Attaques
Attaques #03
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A journal of critical and political poetry.
Paul-Armand Gette - Dessins suspendus
Paul-Armand Gette
Dessins suspendus
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Al Dante
A project by Paul-Armand Gette around the censorship of the Diane Chasseresse by the artist Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), whose sex considered too naturalistic was plugged up and filled with bronze rods and then hammered in 1829 when it entered the national collections.
Paul-Armand Gette - Dessins suspendus - Limited edition
Paul-Armand Gette
Dessins suspendus – Limited edition
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Al Dante
Limited edition with an original artwork signed by the artist.
Gabriele Belletti - Objet et sujet dans les miroirs de la poésie
Gabriele Belletti
Objet et sujet dans les miroirs de la poésie
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A singular analysis of Italian poetic modernity and its relationship to reality, by the poet and theorist Gabriele Belletti.
A.C. Hello - Koma Kapital
A.C. Hello
Koma Kapital
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Koma Kapital speaks of the violence of our society and the world of work on our individualities, and their ability to either shape us, or destroy us.
A.C. Hello - Koma Kapital - Limited edition
A.C. Hello
Koma Kapital – Limited edition
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Koma Kapital speaks of the violence of our society and the world of work on our individualities, and their ability to either shape us, or destroy us. The limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20 and signed, contains an original artwork by the author (drawing on paper).
Marius Loris Rodionoff - Procès-verbaux
Marius Loris Rodionoff
Procès-verbaux
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
This poetic document is based on the archives of the personal procedure files of a military court in Algeria between 1954 and 1963. These files are exempt archives that the author, also a historian, was one of the first to consult. In line with objectivist literature, this book gives one the opportunity to read the words of French justice in Algeria.
Fabienne Létang - Chambre froide
Fabienne Létang, Amandine André, A.C. Hello, Liliane Giraudon
Chambre froide
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A series of photographic performances by Fabienne Létang, confined to her studio, with texts by Liliane Giraudon, Amandine André and A.C. Hello.
Amandine André - Anatomique comme
Amandine André
Anatomique comme
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
From Pantin to Paris-North Station, via "somewhere in Latin America": an implosive writing for a mapping of violence. Both a poetic document and a choreographer's notebook.
Alain Frontier - Du mauvais père
Alain Frontier
Du mauvais père
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Liliane Giraudon - Sade épouse Sade
Liliane Giraudon
Sade épouse Sade
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
An essay on the love relationship between Sade and Renée Pélagie, his wife, followed by an anthology of letters from Sade to Renée Pélagie.
Liliane Giraudon - Sade épouse Sade - Limited edition
Liliane Giraudon
Sade épouse Sade – Limited edition
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
An essay on the love relationship between Sade and Renée Pélagie, his wife, followed by an anthology of letters from Sade to Renée Pélagie. The limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20 and signed, contains an original artwork by Liliane Giraudon (drawing on tracing paper).
Julien Blaine - La cinquième feuille - Aux sources de l\'écrire et du dire
Julien Blaine
La cinquième feuille – Aux sources de l'écrire et du dire
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Michèle Métail - Mono-multi-logues - Hors-textes & Publications orales (1973-2019)
Michèle Métail
Mono-multi-logues – Hors-textes & Publications orales (1973-2019)
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
This book gathers the texts (rare or unpublished) conceived as scores of Michèle Métail's oral publications since 1973.
Michèle Métail - Mono-multi-logues - Hors-textes & Publications orales (1973-2019) – Limited edition
Michèle Métail
Mono-multi-logues – Hors-textes & Publications orales (1973-2019) – Limited edition
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
This book gathers the texts (rare or unpublished) conceived as scores of Michèle Métail's oral publications since 1973. This limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20, contains a signed collage.
Julien Blaine - Le grand dépotoir
Julien Blaine
Le grand dépotoir
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
In 2020, Julien Blaine, born in 1942, inventories (and offers) what remains in an artist's studio at the end of a lifetime of creation. Le grand dépotoir brings together essays, letters and reflections on his vast poetic enterprise since its beginnings.
Julien Blaine - 2019
Julien Blaine
2019
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Julien Blaine's new collection of poetic, visual and typographic experiments.
Marco Boubille - Ordre aléatoire des images
Marco Boubille
Ordre aléatoire des images
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Marco Boubille makes speak the images of Photomaton that he picks up in the streets and collects, in a long serial poem.
Dominique Cerf - Il y a quelqu\'un là-dedans
Dominique Cerf
Il y a quelqu'un là-dedans
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Drawing book, with an introductory text by Liliane Giraudon and a feminist manifesto by the artist.
Ma Desheng - Handicapé ; Bien ?!?!?! - Épisode 2
Ma Desheng
Handicapé ; Bien ?!?!?! – Épisode 2
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
99 photo-poems by the Franco-Chinese poet, performer and artist, an emblematic figure of Chinese artistic and cultural resistance.
Ma Desheng - Handicapé ; Bien ?!?!?! - Épisode 1
Ma Desheng
Handicapé ; Bien ?!?!?! – Épisode 1
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Fragments of the total poetry of the Franco-Chinese poet, performer and artist, an emblematic figure of the Chinese artistic and cultural resistance.
Ma Desheng - Handicapé ; Bien ?!?!?! - Limited edition
Ma Desheng
Handicapé ; Bien ?!?!?! – Limited edition
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Fragments of the total poetry and photo-poems of the Franco-Chinese poet, performer and artist, an emblematic figure of the Chinese artistic and cultural resistance. The limted edition gathers the two volumes (Episode 1 and 2), numbered from 1 to 20, with an original signed artwork inserted in each of them, constituting a dyptic.
Sarah Kéryna - Le reste c\'est la suite
Sarah Kéryna
Le reste c'est la suite
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Seloua Luste Boulbina - Le singe de Kafka & autres propos sur la colonie
Seloua Luste Boulbina
Le singe de Kafka & autres propos sur la colonie
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Al Dante
The colony as a major philosophical concept in contemporary political thought—a basis for reflection on decolonization (expanded reprint of the book published in 2008).
Julien Blaine - Introdⓐction à la performance
Julien Blaine
Introdⓐction à la performance
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Julien Blaine's performance manifesto.
Julien Blaine - Introdⓐction à la performance - Limited edition
Julien Blaine
Introdⓐction à la performance – Limited edition
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20, with an original artwork signed by the artist.
Isidore Isou - Antonin Artaud torturé par les psychiatres
Isidore Isou
Antonin Artaud torturé par les psychiatres
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Through the detailed analysis of Antonin Artaud's psychiatric history, Lettrist master Isidore Isou delivers a real indictment in this singular text which is both an investigation and a pamphlet.
Poésiue
Poésiue
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A poetic document found during a political rally in 2019 (against prisons), without author's name nor any indication of origin. Only mention at the bottom of the last page: copying. to be freely distributed.
Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux - Récits de la vie de Michelangelo Merisi, dit « Le Caravage »
Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux
Récits de la vie de Michelangelo Merisi, dit « Le Caravage »
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A story, between myth and reality, of Caravaggio, by parodic artist Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux.
Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux - Récits de la vie de Michelangelo Merisi, dit « Le Caravage » - Limited edition
Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux
Récits de la vie de Michelangelo Merisi, dit « Le Caravage » – Limited edition
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20, with an original artwork signed by the artist.
Clemente Padín - Horizons ouverts & autres poèmes
Clemente Padín
Horizons ouverts & autres poèmes
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
First French translation of Clemente Padìn's first poems.
Jean-Luc Parant - Soleil absent - Luxury Edition
Jean-Luc Parant
Soleil absent – Luxury Edition
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A long poem that questions our being in the world with a freedom that is both new and timeless, as if these words came from the origins (limited edition, signed, including an original and unique artwork).
Jean-Luc Parant - Soleil absent
Jean-Luc Parant
Soleil absent
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A long poem that questions our being in the world with a freedom that is both new and timeless, as if these words came from the origins.
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