Anne Portugal

Who is Anne Portugal?

Anne Portugal is a French poet who lives and works in Paris. She was born in Angers and attended Paris 8 University in the suburbs of Paris.

Her work is influenced by, and often references, Jacques Roubaud as well as contemporary sources such as instruction booklets and video games.

Her recent work Définitif bob has been the subject of considerable critical and popular interest. It is speculated that bob is short for bobine, a French word meaning "coil" and the origin of the English word "bobbin". bob is a character who lives in a television set who is a specialist in the mission serrée horizontale.

A recurring motif is bob il peut comme ça. Another notable feature is the absence of punctuation in the 24 sections of the 128 page book involving the reader in the construction of its meaning.