Yves Pinguilly held high in his heart the seas of the world, his Brittany, his Africa, beautiful citizen anger and of course poetry.
Born into a family of metal workers in 1944, he followed his path at a very young age and, at 16, he made his first world tour with the Merchant Navy. Then he was quickly attracted to poetry and began a wonderful journey through the world of books. He was one of the first to work with classes to talk about his books or get children to write.
We had met at La Farandole editions in the 1980s where he had written a very notable Once upon a time there were wordsawarded at the Bologna Fair, and we are never lost from sight.
We find the life and civic commitments of Yves Pinguilly at Rue du monde with seven titles and in particular The slave who spoke to the birdsone of the house's great successes or Even mangoes have paperswhich brings young readers to life the failed departure of two children from the African coasts for Europe…
Yves was very attentive to the images and was proud to have been illustrated by some very beautiful signatures like Zaü, Aurélia Fronty, Nathalie Novi, Florence Koenig, Bruno Pilorget and Laurent Corvaisier.
How moving it is to hear Monike, his wife of 59 years, tell us that over the last few months, she has patiently reread to him all of his books that he stored in the cupboard of his Ephad; texts that she knew very well having always been her first attentive reader and good advisor.
Hi Yves! Exchanging with you always brought us something stimulating, invigorating. Thank you for We will be thinking of you during this 40th Book and Youth Press Fair in Montreuil. We will even say some of your poems there. Because in your books, you continue the journey.
Alain Serres, author, director of Rue du monde editions
Photo credits: Ji-Elle, CC BY SA 4.0
By Clément Solym
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