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Christian Bobin and Le Creusot: praise of simplicity

2021-08-23T11:52:57.550Z


THESE WRITERS WHO LOVE FRANCE (2/6) - The poet has never left the citadel of iron, cast iron and steel where he was born 60 years ago. He loves the beauty and humility of its inhabitants.


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200 kilometers separate Clermont-Ferrand, prefecture of Puy-de-Dôme, Creusot, in the department of Saône-et-Loire and the region called Bourgogne-Franche-Comté since January 1, 2016. 200 kilometers that Christian Bobin willingly travels in dream.

Neither the attractions of long-haul airplanes nor the melancholy of ocean liners have the power to distract him from his dreams.

When his contemporaries under the threat of severe acute respiratory syndrome enraged at not being able to spend their air miles, he travels serenely around his room, and even more quietly inside himself.

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Source: lefigaro

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