His poems had the chance to be noticed quickly by Raymond Queneau, and were systematically published by Gallimard until 1986. 1993 Prix Maurice Carêmedical
Achievements
1993 Prix Maurice Carême
2001 Prix Marcel Thiry for L"Etat belge
2004 Prix triennal de poésie for Adieu patries
2007 Grand prix de poésie de l"Académie française for oeuvre of poetry.
2007 Prix Roger-Kowalski
2010 Prix Quinquennal de littérature for oeuvre
2014 Prix Goncourt de la Poésie.
