Carmen Bernos de Gasztold

Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919 in Arcachon – 1995[1]) was a French poet and nun.

Carmen Bernos de Gasztold
Born1919 (1919)
Arcachon, France
Died1995 (aged 75–76)
OccupationPoet

She spent her childhood in the province of Bordeaux, France. She had 5 sisters and brothers. After World War II she went to live at the Benedictine Abbaye Saint Louis du Temple at Limon-par-Igny.[2]

Her family were of Lithuanian descent (Gasztold being the Polish rendering of the Lithuanian name Goštautas).[3]

She is an ancestor of the media-man Jean-Marc Laurent[4]

The English translation was written by Rumer Godden (1907–1998) who went to the Benedictine Abbey in France and spent time with the poet to do the translation.

Works
  • Prières dans L'Arche, French & European Pubns, 1985, ISBN 978-0-685-11511-4
  • Choral de Bêtes, French & European Pubns, 1985, ISBN 978-0-685-11121-5

English translation
  • Prayers from the ark and the Creatures' choir, Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, Translator Rumer Godden, Penguin Books, 1976
    • Prayers from the ark: selected poems, Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, Translator Rumer Godden, Illustrator Barry Moser, Reprint Puffin Books, 1995, ISBN 9780140545852
  • "The Prayer of the Dog", To absent friends: a collection of stories of the dogs we miss, Editor Jameson Parker, Willow Creek Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-57223-706-3

References
  1. "Livres pour enfants (I) de Carmen Bernos de Gasztold" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Bozonarodzeniowa-modlitwa-kota" (in Polish). ulubiency.wp.pl. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. fr:Jean-Marc Laurent
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