The many lives of Ivan Kazanovich

Chaunes is a contemporary French poet, prose writer and dramatist. His work is published by the Editions l'Age d'Homme (Lausanne and Paris) the Po tes Fran ais (Paris) les Editions Arabesques (Tunis), Phenix Pubishing (Skopje) and by French poetry magazines such as Le Coin de Table, le Cerf Volant and l'Agora. He is also (in passing) a physicist and the originator of the Science merts Poetry events, which he has either organised or co-organsed in the ESOF series of meetings ever snce 2006, when the frst of the gatherings of poets and scientists in this series occurred. He is the recipient of literary prizes which include the Jos -Maria de Heredia medal of the Acad mie Fran aise, the Paul Verlaine prize of the .Maison de Po sie in Paris and the Grand-Prix de Po sie (prix Victor Hugo) of the Society of French Poets.