Career
Des Forêts"s only novel, The Beggars (Les Mendiants) was published by Gallimard in 1943. His work has been commented by authors such as Maurice Blanchot or Yves Bonnefoy. In 1954, Des Forêts cofounded a committee against the Algerian war, with Dionys Mascolo, Edgar Morin and Robert Antelme.
In 1967, he cofounded the literary journal L"Éphémère with writers Yves Bonnefoy, André du Bouchet, Paul Celan, Jacques Dupin, Michel Leiris and others
He was awarded the Grand Prix National des Lettres for the entirety of his work in 1997. Des Forêts was also a painter.
″Third person singular″, Harry Guest, 17 July 1998, Times Literary Supplement, Literature & Poetry
″French Literature″, John Taylor, 14 April 2003, Times Literary Supplement, Literature & Poetry.
