[1960s] Festival de Fort Boyard 1967. Torino, Edizione Il Punto, 1970 Softcover, 17 x 12.5 cm, 36 pp. printed in black, blue and red. Text in French and Italian. Edition of 1000 of which this is No. 402. Rare catalogue for an experimental poetry festival at an abandoned Napoleonic fortress off the Atlantic coast, which never actually took place. Organized by Henri Chopin, Serge Béguier, Antonio Berni, Gianni Bertini and Julien Blaine, with supposed contributions and performances by Brion Gysin, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Gil Wolman, Furnival et al. The catalogue features works by the organizers and various posters listing the programm (these were also printed and pasted around the streets of Paris), including one announcing the prolongation of the event due to its success. Moderate toning to wrapper, mint interior.

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