The following interview was conducted in English. The interviewer, Anne Mounic, took detailed notes but there was no recording. She translated her questions and Geoffrey Hill's
responses into French, and Geoffrey Hill read and approved the translation. We reproduce here the text of his note in English and his full notes in French.
We are grateful to Anne Mounic and to the Editors of
Temporel for permission to reproduce this important document. The interview originally appeared in
Temporel: revue artistique et littéraire, no. 6 in October 2008
(http://temporel.fr/Le-poeme-moulin-mystique-Entretien), and was republished in
Peut-être: revue poétique et philosophique de l’association des Amis de l’Œuvre de Claude Vigée, no. 8 in January 2017.
Stand also gratefully acknowledges permission to reproduce this material granted by Kenneth Haynes and Jeremy Hill on behalf of the Literary Estate of Geoffrey Hill.
Le poème « moulin mystique » : Entretien avec Geoffrey Hill Au lendemain de la conférence qu’il donna au Collège de France en mars 2008, j’ai eu la joie et l’honneur de pouvoir retrouver Geoffrey Hill le lendemain pour un entretien sur les liens entre poésie, existence et spiritualité, le premier entretien dans le cadre de ce projet. C’est à Dany et Michael Edwards – que je remercie infiniment – que je dois le plaisir de cette conversation de deux heures avec ce grand poète anglais, dans un café situé non loin d’une résidence appartenant au Collège de France (« un hôtel particulier digne du temps de ...
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