{"id":16595,"date":"2025-07-01T21:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/writer\/chris-coolsma\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T16:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:03:21","slug":"chris-coolsma","status":"publish","type":"writer","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/writer\/chris-coolsma\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Coolsma"},"content":{"rendered":"&#13;\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris Coolsma<\/h2>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Coolsma (1946) aime la langue et affectionne particuli\u00e8rement les jeux de mots. Les mati\u00e8res qu\u2019il a enseign\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Groningue \u2013 de 1983 \u00e0 2016 \u2013 portaient sur l\u2019administration, la politique et le droit administratif. Toutes ces disciplines sont impr\u00e9gn\u00e9es de langage et constituent un terrain propice \u00e0 la critique politique. Bien qu\u2019il pr\u00e9f\u00e8re encore jouer du piano au sein d\u2019ensembles de musique de chambre, la po\u00e9sie a pris une importance croissante pour lui depuis le d\u00e9but du si\u00e8cle. Aujourd\u2019hui, il ne se passe pratiquement pas un jour sans qu\u2019il n\u2019\u00e9crive ou ne traduise un po\u00e8me. Il privil\u00e9gie la l\u00e9g\u00e8ret\u00e9 \u00e0 la profondeur litt\u00e9raire. Il appr\u00e9cie particuli\u00e8rement les th\u00e8mes d\u2019actualit\u00e9 et une touche d\u2019ironie. Ses po\u00e8tes pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9s, dont il appr\u00e9cie particuli\u00e8rement les po\u00e8mes ludiques, sont Cees Buddingh\u2019, drs P, Ivo de Wijs, Willem Wilmink et Annie M. G. Schmidt. Ses po\u00e8tes pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9s, qu\u2019il aime utiliser comme source d\u2019inspiration, sont Paul van Ostaaijen, Vasalis, Thomas Transtr\u00f6mer, Kafavis, Lieke Marsman, Billy Collins et Tony Hoagland. Il aura bient\u00f4t traduit l\u2019int\u00e9gralit\u00e9 des po\u00e8mes de ces deux derniers.         <\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Au sein du vivier po\u00e9tique <a href=\"https:\/\/meandermagazine.nl\/\">Meander , ses jeunes pousses ont pris <\/a>de l\u2019ampleur. C\u2019est l\u00e0 qu\u2019il a rencontr\u00e9, \u00e0 partir de 1999, d\u2019autres po\u00e8tes, parmi lesquels Edith de Gilde, Louis Esterhuizen, Marlise Joubert et Dirk van Babylon. Ou \u00e9tait-ce Pasquino ? C\u2019est en jouant au \u00ab tennis de sonnets \u00bb avec Pasquino qu\u2019il est devenu Marforio et qu\u2019il a invent\u00e9 le \u00ab Liechtensteiner \u00bb. Et c\u2019est en jouant avec la forme qu\u2019est n\u00e9 le \u00ab Moctijn \u00bb. Au sein du cercle de po\u00e8tes fond\u00e9 par Myriam Gommers-Simonis en 2001, il a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 plus d\u2019une centaine de po\u00e8mes, le plus souvent dans des formes plus libres. Des amis ornithologues et les rimes gorgel de Buddingh l\u2019ont inspir\u00e9 pour la s\u00e9rie \u00ab V\u00f6gels \u00bb. L\u2019illustratrice et graphiste Corien B\u00f6gels l\u2019aide \u00e0 donner vie \u00e0 ses \u00ab V\u00f6gels \u00bb.       <\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sur www.dirkvanbabylon.com, Chris publie des traductions de son po\u00e8te pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9, ses propres cr\u00e9ations, ses \u00ab V\u00f6gels \u00bb\u2026 et il endosse \u00e9galement le personnage de Marforio pour disputer <a href=\"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/?post_type=writer&amp;p=16592\">une partie de \u00ab tennis de sonnets \u00bb avec Pasquino <\/a>.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>&#13;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Coolsma (Zeist, 1946) aime la langue et affectionne particuli\u00e8rement les jeux de mots. 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