Francine Caron (born 18 September 1945 in Batz-sur-Mer) is a French writer and poet.
Caron studied at the Lycée Joachim du Bellay, Angers, Liceo Frances (French High School), Madrid, and Faculty of Letters at the University of Poitiers – Diplome d’études superieures, 1966, Agrégation in Spanish language and literature, 1967
Teacher at the Lycée du Bellay, Angers, 1967–68At the University of Haute-Bretagne-Rennes II: Assistante, 1969; Maitre-Assistante, 1974; Maitre de conferences, 1985Lecturer in French poetry at the Centre de Recherches en literature et linguistique de l’Anjou (CRLLAB) beginning in 1978; research associate, 1991Since 1999, F.C. has supervised the collection of her works in the archives of contemporary poetry at the University of Angers.She began writing since 1965Known as published poet since 1975 (articles in "Le Journal des Poètes" -Brussels- and in "Insula" -Madrid-)Founder and editor of the quarterly poetry review Nard that published 375 poets between 1974 and 1981 and more poets between 2003 and 2005Founding member of the journal Phreatique, 1977; of the Angevin Society of Poets, 1982; and of Transparleurs, 2004Contributor to more than 100 poetry journals since 1974She has published poems in many Anthologies. Some are best known in Paris : Ellipses, Hermann, La Table Ronde, Nil or Seghers editions, etc.Member of prize juries for :La Rose d'or of Doué-la-Fontaine, 1975–95Centre Froissart de ValenciennesThe Grand Prix de la Ville d'Angers, 1982–2000The Ville de la Baule, since 2000William Shakespeare influenced her from the age of ten. At that time, French radio, in cooperation with the B.B.C., broadcast the plays. F.C. was thrilled and later at the Lycée du Bellay read "Romeo et Juliette", etc. She has seen performances of most of his plays, at the Festival of Avignon, the Comédie de Caen and Rennes, on television and films.William Wordsworth and Percy Shelley; the Irish poet W. B. Yeats.Emily Bronte ("Wuthering Heights"), G. K. Chesterton for his satirical wit, D. H. Lawrence for his eroticism.Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf and ... Agatha Christie*– For American influences -> this section is being prepared
Her publications, some under the pseudonym Francile Caron, include more than sixty books, including collector's editions translated into seven European languages (English by the American poet Basia Miller) and Arabic and Hebrew:
Orphée sauvage, 1973En vers et pour tous and Amour ephemeride, Chambelland, Paris, 1974Les Corps sourciers, Millas-Martin, Paris, 1975Le Paradis terrestre, Froissart, 1976, Centre Froissart prize, 1976Femme majeure, Millas-Martin, Paris, François Villon prize, 1977Espagne veuve and Cathedres, 1977L'Année d'amour, 1979Quinze Ans de poésie and Picardie-Poesie, 1981D’Islande, 1982Musée du Louvre, 1984Bretagne au cœur, Osiris, Paris 1985; liminar poem by Eugene GuillevicTerres celtes, 1986L'Amour le feu, Eklitra, 1991Lecture-poem 1992 : D'Europe, Presses de l'universite d'Angers, 1993Maldives, 1997Étreinte-Éternité 1998, 2d ed. 2000Sur sept tableaux de Caillaud d'Angers, Voyage autour du monde en poésie and Norway, chemins du Nord, 1999Ars Amandi, MéluZine, Égyptiennes, Femme à l'oiseau and Petit guide du square des Batignolles, 2000Tanka du cloître angevin, 2001Macrocosme du corps humain sous le regard d'1 microscope électronique, 2002Planète foot/ War Planet, 2004Erotica tumescens and Mortes saisons, haïku(s), 2005Ciel-Symphonie and Parcs et Lunaparks de Paris, with a postface by Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, 2006Nuit Cap Nord, Venise avec le temps, Jardin de simples and Shoah, 2007Sphinx / Sphinge and Arbres (z) Amants, 2008Atlantiques, Cantate pour le Grand Canyon and Goya, Goya!, 2009Haïkus des doudous, Orphee naguere, Grand Louvre, Bleu Ciel d'Europe, Entre deux Rembrandt(s), and Antre de Rembrandt, 2010Taj Mahal and Géométrie(s) du Chat, haïku, 2011Riches heures du sexe amoureux, 2012Stances à Felix and Âmes animales, 2013L'Oreillette, no. 35 : F. Caron I, Parler la vie (1965–1985), 2001L'Oreillette, no. 37 : F. Caron II (1985–1997), 2002Nard, no. 29 : F. Caron III, Chroniques de renaissance (1997–2003), 2003Poésie/premiere no. 48 : F.C. de l'Amour a l'Humour, 2010, a study by Guy ChatyTranslations of contemporary Spanish drama, including La Camisa by Lauro Olmo performed at "la Comédie de Saint-Etienne-Jean Dasté"
Prix de la Rose d'or de Doué-la-Fontaine, 1974Prix du Centre Froissart de Valenciennes, 1975Prix François Villon, 1997Grand Prix of the Ville de La Baule, 1997P.E.N. ClubSociétaire of the Societé des gens de lettres and of Ecrivains BretonsMember of : Arts et Jalons, Cercle Alienor J. Krafft, Poésie-sur-Seine, Donner à voir, Femmes poésie et liberté, Transignum and Rencontres européennes
