The bilingual site devoted to the cultural life in Sri Lanka and in France                                                         Le site bilingue consacré à la vie culturelle au Sri Lanka et en France H O M E   /   I N  B R I E F CONTACT US TOPICALITY Sri Lanka / France CULTURE Cinema Dance Exhibition Heritage Literature Music Photography Spirituality Travellers DOSSIERS Fascination of the body Paul Cézanne In the Light of Gauguin Globalization Jean de La Fontaine Malraux / Segalen Picasso-Rodin Pigeon houses in Quercy Raphael Saint-Exupéry SOCIETY Abortion AIDS Death Penalty Mental Health GALLERY Raphael Miniatures of Kangra, India ARCHIVES Arthur Rimbaud Illustrations : Gabriel Lefebvre Editions La Renaissance du Livre - 160 pages – 120 illustrations. Some fourty poems illustrated by Gabriel Lefebvre, the illustrator of literature for youth. The artists are always touched by the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), its strenght and its evocative power. Black and white or colour, whatever the images - painting, drawing or photography - they echo the poems. Gabriel Lefebvre is fascinated by this poet who remains today as a symbols of the early genius in literature.   Jean Lahor       Discovering a French doctor, philosopher and poet       of the 19th Century,       A lover of the East.       Georges Cazalis, known as Jean Lahor (1840-1909). 1872 - Le Livre du Néant 1875 - L'Illusion 1893 - Identité 1893 - L'Enchantement de Siva Père, engloutis-moi donc, sois donc bien mon tombeau; Et, si je participe à ta vie éternelle, Que ce soit sans penser, tel que la goutte d'eau Que la mer roule et berce inconsciente en elle. Je ne jouirai plus, mais ne souffrirai pas; J'ai ri, pleuré, souffert, j'ai vécu : fais-moi trêve; Je veux le vrai néant et l'absolu trépas, Et le sommeil sans fin, que ne trouble aucun rêve... Le Nuage (excerpt) L'Illusion (2nd edition, 1888)