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.
Andréa-Fatima Touam - Encyclopédie de la domination masculine
Andréa-Fatima Touam
Encyclopédie de la domination masculine
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
An investigation into the female presence in the places of art and thought, where discourses on emancipation are fabricated.
Sylvain Courtoux - L\'Avant-garde, Tête brûlée, Pavillon noir - Post-poème épique (+ CD)
Sylvain Courtoux
L'Avant-garde, Tête brûlée, Pavillon noir – Post-poème épique (+ CD)
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A total and exploded socio-politico-poetic inquiry into the poetic milieu, based on a textual-visual-sound device.
Carmen Diez Salvatierra - 28 formes découpées
Carmen Diez Salvatierra
28 formes découpées
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
In 28 short poetic devices, the author marks a space of thought where the disenchanted memory strengthens the present word. Because “forgetfulness is also a violence”.
Julien Ladegaillerie - Lacrymogenèse
Julien Ladegaillerie
Lacrymogenèse
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Daniel Pozner - Défense, illustration, impatience et épluchures de la langue française
Daniel Pozner
Défense, illustration, impatience et épluchures de la langue française
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Jacques Sivan - Notre mission
Jacques Sivan
Notre mission
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
The testamentary work of Jacques Sivan: a graphic poem on the body and its reincarnation through the language.
Louis Roquin - Journaux de sons
Louis Roquin
Journaux de sons
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Al Dante
The “Sounds Journals” by the composer and visual artist Louis Roquin, made during travels in Asia over twenty years (1998-2016), constitute a kaleidoscopic homage to writing, image, text and sound.
Louis Roquin - Journaux de sons - Limited edition
Louis Roquin
Journaux de sons – Limited edition
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Al Dante
The “Sounds Journals” by the composer and visual artist Louis Roquin, made during travels in Asia over twenty years (1998-2016), constitute a kaleidoscopic homage to writing, image, text and sound. This limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20, contains an unique signed collage.
Myr Muratet - Manuel d\'écologie urbaine
Audrey Muratet, François Chiron, Myr Muratet
Manuel d'écologie urbaine
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Al Dante
This manual provides the current state of knowledge on the functioning of nature in an urban environment: its ecology.
Julien Blaine - Le livre
Julien Blaine
Le livre
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
An original fable at war against the founding books of monotheisms (unpublished text of 1963).
Angéline Neveu - Enragée de Nanterre - ou Le mensonge intime
Angéline Neveu
Enragée de Nanterre – ou Le mensonge intime
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Angéline Neveu, a figure of May '68 then of the French poetic underground, close to the Situationists, tells herself and offers a testimony on the years 1960-70.
Clemente Padín - De la représentation à l\'action
Clemente Padín
De la représentation à l'action
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
The reissue, in a new translation, of one of the most important essays of Latin American poetry from the historical avant-gardes.
Attaques
Attaques #02
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A journal of critical and political poetry.
Michèle Métail - Portraits-robots
Michèle Métail
Portraits-robots
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
From “The Left Bank Publisher” to “Miss Fukushima”, 102 portraits of a person or a profession in 10 expressions in the form of an inventory.
Michèle Métail - Portraits-robots - Luxury Edition
Michèle Métail
Portraits-robots – Luxury Edition
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
From “The Left Bank Publisher” to “Miss Fukushima”, 102 portraits of a person or a profession in 10 expressions in the form of an inventory, with an original and unique artwork.
Angéline Neveu - Synthèse / désir
Angéline Neveu
Synthèse / désir
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Reissue of the main publications by Angéline Neveu (1946-2011), a political figure of the poetic underground scene in France.
Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou - Nos secrets sont poétiques
Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou
Nos secrets sont poétiques
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
This publication brings together two new texts by Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou, with an audio link granting access to a recorded version of the publication, accompanied by a composition by sound artist motif_r.
Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou - Nos secrets sont poétiques - Luxury Edition (+ CD)
Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou
Nos secrets sont poétiques – Luxury Edition (+ CD)
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
This publication brings together two new texts by Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou. The limited edition includes an original and unique artwork, as well as a CD with a sound declension of the poem, recorded by the author and accompanied by a composition of the sound artist motif_r.
Christian Prigent - Poésie sur place (+ CD)
Christian Prigent
Poésie sur place (+ CD)
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Collection of transcripts of performance poetry by Christian Prigent. This edition comes with a CD including the recordings of these performances, featuring the author and actress Vanda Benes.
José Vicente Anaya - Híkuri - Pour un art d\'une vitalité sans limite
José Vicente Anaya
Híkuri – Pour un art d'une vitalité sans limite
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A seminal text of Contemporary Mexican poetry, inspired by the Tarahumara and peyote rituals. Included in appendix is the first manifesto of infra-realism, written by Anaya in 1975.
591
591 #04
2019
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A magazine for visual and experimental poetry and works inspired by Dada and Fluxus, directed by Jean-François Bory.
Michèle Métail - La poésie en trois dimensions
Michèle Métail
La poésie en trois dimensions
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A collective exploration of 45 years of protean poetic activities, between printed text, exposed text and proffered text, with some thirty contributions by academics and poets, with numerous illustrations.
Guillaume Apollinaire - Poèmes en guerre - 31 juillet 1914 - 9 novembre 1918
Guillaume Apollinaire
Poèmes en guerre – 31 juillet 1914 - 9 novembre 1918
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
All poems written by Apollinaire during World War I, gathered for the first time.
François Bizet - Dans le mirador
François Bizet
Dans le mirador
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A poetic story in prose at the crossroads of genres, difficult to locate as it only describes the non-place in which it is built.
Claude Favre - Crever les toits, etc. - suivi de Déplacements, septembre 2016
Claude Favre
Crever les toits, etc. – suivi de Déplacements, septembre 2016
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Claude Favre delivers a poetry made of readings and borrowings, a present poetry, attentive to the movements of men and to those who constrain them.
Frédéric Valabrègue - George Brecht, histoire d\'un effacement
Frédéric Valabrègue
George Brecht, histoire d'un effacement
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Al Dante
An essay by Frédéric Valabrègue on the American avant-garde artist, one of the main actors of the Fluxus movement.
Michèle Métail - Le cours du Danube - en 2888 kilomètres/vers… l\'infini
Michèle Métail
Le cours du Danube – en 2888 kilomètres/vers… l'infini
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A long and vertiginous poem, virtually infinite, by Michèle Métail, built on the principle of concatenation and inspired by the editing techniques of electroacoustic music.
Michèle Métail - Le cours du Danube - en 2888 kilomètres/vers… l\'infini – Luxury Edition
Michèle Métail
Le cours du Danube – en 2888 kilomètres/vers… l'infini – Luxury Edition
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A long and vertiginous poem, virtually infinite, by Michèle Métail, built on the principle of concatenation and inspired by the editing techniques of electroacoustic music, with an original and unique artwork.
Frédéric Acquaviva - The 120 Days of Musica
Frédéric Acquaviva
The 120 Days of Musica
2018
English edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Al Dante
120 true and oxymoronesque scores-instructions composed by Frédéric Acquaviva between 2015 and 2017 in Berlin.
Frédéric Acquaviva - The 120 Days of Musica - Luxury Edition (+ CD)
Frédéric Acquaviva
The 120 Days of Musica – Luxury Edition (+ CD)
2018
English edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Al Dante
120 true and oxymoronesque scores-instructions composed by Frédéric Acquaviva between 2015 and 2017 in Berlin. Luxury limited edition, signed, including an original artwork and the sound artwork “Oxymoron Music” on CD.
Julien Blaine - 2017
Julien Blaine
2017
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Julien Blaine's new collection of poetic, visual and typographic experiments.
Éric Arlix - Terreur, Saison 1
Éric Arlix
Terreur, Saison 1
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
A thriller novel set in a dystopian Europe where a medicine against depression radically changes people's behavior…
Jalal El Hakmaoui - Ce que je n\'ai pas dit à Bob Dylan
Jalal El Hakmaoui
Ce que je n'ai pas dit à Bob Dylan
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Collection of poems.
Audrey Ziane
Les manifestes artistiques – Archéologie d'un genre
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Al Dante
forthcoming
An essay on the birth of artistic manifestos in the 19th century, from Jacques Louis David to Gustave Courbet.
Bernard Heidsieck
Poésie debout
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
A collective work examining fifty years of poetic activity by Bernard Heidsieck (1928-2014), a central figure in sound poetry and performance poetry, a major poet of the second half of the 20th century, along multiple axes.
Yannick Butel
Le Gai Théâtre
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
Marie-Laure Dagoit
Mortaire
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
Jacques-Henri Michot
En lieu et place
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
F.J. Ossang
Cinéaste, musicien et poète noise’n’roll
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
Mathieu Perrot
Rhumeurs de silence
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
Florence Pazzottu - Frères numains - Discours aux classes intermédiaires
Florence Pazzottu
Frères numains – Discours aux classes intermédiaires
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
A both poetic and political text which supports the French social movement that began on 31 March 2016.
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