Sylvestre CLANCIER, born in Limoges (France) 1946, is poet and essayist. As teen ager he was a follower of Surrealism and Grand Jeu, and participate to “avant-gardes” movements: TXT, Generation, Textruction during the sixties and early seventies. His poetry has been translated in many languages. He has published more than thirty books and created with painters many artist’s books. His recents poetry books are: Anima Mia, Dans le noir & A travers les âges, Corps à Corps, Le Témoin incertain. La Source et le royaume, Par ces voix de fougèrers qui te sont familières , published by La rumeur libre. His essay, La Voie des poètes, brings new focus on Artaud, Daumal, Michaux and others famous french poets. He is honored in many anthologies. An essay, Le Voyage et la Demeure, about his poetry world as been written by Christine Bini and published by L’herbe qui tremble in 2016. He was, for years, PEN Internationa board member and is yet chairman emerite of French PEN, president of Mallarmé Academy and Poetry House in Paris.