Poet Jean-Michel Espitallier (born 1957) works along constantly renewed modes of action to create new vocabularies and test the limits of language. As the co-founder of the journal Java and coordinator of the issue about “New French Poetry” in the magazine littéraire (March 2001), he is also the author of several books, including the very controversial Pièces detaches: une anthologie de la poésie française aujourd’hui [Bits and Pieces: An Anthology of French Poetry Today] (Pocket, 2000) and Caisse à outils: un panorama de la poésie française aujourd’hui [Tools Box: A Panorama of French Poetry Today] (Pocket, 2006). His Le Théorème d’Espitallier (Flammarion, 2003) was translated into English by Guy Bennett (Espitallier’s Theorem, Seismicity Editions, 2005). Fantaisie bouchère (Derrière la salle de bains, 2001) was translated by Sherry Brennan (Butcher’s Fantasy, Duration Press, 2003). Also a musician, he currently works on various multimedia projects, is a drummer for a punk-rock band, and gives readings, performances and lectures in France and abroad.
揚-米歇爾‧埃斯比達列生於1957年，擅長各種樂器，不斷創新語言行為模式，挑戰語言的界限。他曾創辦《Java》雜誌，並在《文學》（littéraire） 雜誌編輯「新法文詩歌」專號。曾出版數本書，包括非常具爭議性的《碎片：當代法文詩歌選》（2000） 和《工具箱：當代法文詩歌全景》。他的詩集《埃斯比達列理論》出版於2003年，其英譯本出版於2005年；《屠夫夢幻》出版於2001年，其英譯本出版於2003年。埃斯比達列從事各種多媒體創作，包括聲音、視頻、音樂等。他也曾任多支朋克搖滾樂隊的鼓手，並經常在法國及國外舉行詩歌朗誦會、講座和表演。