La poésie de Felwine Sarr : pour un tressage des lieux Article - 2023

Better known for his essays than for his poetry, Senegalese author Felwine Sarr has nonetheless developed a large body of literary work, borrowing from the short genre, whether in the poetic collection Ishindenshin or in his experiments in poetic prose in the works Dahij, La saveur des derniers mètres or 105 rue Carnot. This article intends to approach these texts from the perspective of places, showing how they encapsulate narratives, imaginaries, and arts of living. Weaving together the concrete places of his childhood in Senegal, those he has travelled throughout his life, in France, Rwanda, Japan, and those that run through his multiple readings, Sarr draws a poetic cartography in accordance with a relational ethic open to the world.