Jean-Paul de Dadelsen
Jean-Paul de Dadelsen (1913-1957) was born in Strasbourg, Alsace. He joined the Free French Forces during World War II and was a journalist for the BBC’s French Service after the war. Jonas, from which ‘Opening Invocation’ (published in Granta 125: After the war) is taken, was first published in French in 1962.
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Poetry | Issue 125
Opening Invocation
Jean-Paul de Dadelsen
‘Or otherwise, leaving the shore of the intermediate sea, / has it been a while since they’ve gone ahead / into the interior of lands of the spirit?’
