To the Icebergs (Essay on Henri Michaux)

Henri Michaux

Henri Michaux was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian poet writer and painter who wrote in the French language. Michaux is best known for his esoteric books written in a highly accessible style, and his body of work includes poetry travelogues, and art criticism. Michaux travelled widely, tried his hand at several careers, and experimented with drugs, the latter resulting in two of his most intriguing works, Miserable Miracle and The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones. Vers les icebergs is an essay on the author of

• Misérable miracle; it was translated by Louise Varèse into English with the title Miserable Miracle: Mescaline and
• Les Grandes Épreuves de l'esprit et les innombrables petites; it was translated by Richard Howard as The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones

Publication history

• , first French edition

References

References

1. (2008-10-10). "Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio". france.com.
2. Michaux, Henri. (1985). "Misérable miracle, la mescaline .. Dessins et documents manuscrits originaux de l'auteur". Fata Morgana.
3. Michaux, Henri. (2002). "Miserable Miracle: Mescaline". [[New York Review Books]].
4. Michaux, Henri. (1966). "Les Grandes Épreuves de l'esprit et les innombrables petites". Gallimard, Le Point du jour.
5. Michaux, Henri. (1974). "The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones". [[Harcourt Brace Jovanovich]].