Thierry Metz Explained

Thierry Metz (1956–1997) was a French poet. He also worked on construction sites as labourer and a mason. Thierry came into the limelight in 1989 when Jean Cussat-Blanc, a Poet published his work. Thierry was able to write and publish while doing odd jobs.^[1] Some of Thierry's publications were turned into documentaries. In 1997, Thierry killed himself when he sank into depression and alcohol after his youngest kid was killed by a car.

Life

At the age of 21, Metz moved with his family to Saint-Romain-le-Noble. There he worked as a yard labourer, a mason, and then a farm worker. During intervening periods of unemployment he wrote.

Books by Thierry

• De l'un à l'autre. Toiles filées de Denis Castaing (French Edition) published in 01-Jan-1996. It was co-authored by, Thierry Metz, Paul Amouroux and Denis Castaing.
• Tel que c'est écrit Mass Market Paperback – 1 Dec. 2012 ^[2]
• Journal D Un Manoeuvre: A31332 (Folio) Pocket Book – 18 Mar. 2004 ^[3]
• Terre Paperback – 1 Sept. 2003 ^[4]
• L' Homme qui penche Paperback – Big Book, 8 May 2017 ^{[5] [6]}
• Lettres à la bien-aimée - 12 Jan. 1995 ^[7]
• Dolmen suivi de La demeure phréatique ^[8]
• Jaguar A/E ^[9]

Awards

Thierry won the Prix Voronca in 1988. He also won the Prix Froissart in 1989.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Niemi . Alex . Metz . Alex Niemi and Thierry . 2022-05-10 . Five Poems from "Journal of a Laborer" by Thierry Metz, Translated from French by Alex Niemi . 2023-08-25 . Columbia Journal . en-US.
2. Book: Metz, Thierry . Tel que c'est écrit . 2012-12-01 . L'Arrière-Pays . 978-2-910779-58-0 . Jégun . French.
3. Book: Metz, Thierry . Journal D Un Manoeuvre: A31332 . Grosjean . Jean . 2004-03-18 . FOLIO . 978-2-07-031332-7 . French.
4. Book: METZ, THIERRY . Terre . 2003-09-01 . OPALES . 978-2-908799-36-1 . French.
5. Book: Thierry Metz . L' Homme qui penche . UNES . 2017 . 978-2877041799 . Nice . 112 pages . French.
6. Web site: Dr Christophe Barnabé . 2023-08-25 . Merton College, Oxford . en-GB.
7. Web site: Goodreads . 2023-08-25 . Goodreads . en.
8. Web site: Dolmen suivi de La demeure phréatique . 2023-08-25 . Goodreads . en.
9. Web site: Goodreads . 2023-08-25 . Goodreads . en.