Homage to Paul O'Donovan!

 

Pete Briddon , Lizzie and  Paul

 



Paul O'Donovan passed away on May 8th. We got in touch through the network Interzone, when he started to send me astonishing portraits of William Burroughs. He kept sending illustrations: the ones on Burroughs, Gysin, Interzone and the Beats are gathered in the first tome of The Time of the Naguals - Around Burroughs and Gysin and in the French Tome Le Temps des Naguals - Autour de Burroughs et Gysin .

Many others are in Interzone Galleries :  Paul O'DONOVAN: 1 2 3 4  6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38  39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
and in his Facebook page.

He realized the illustration of Interzone Editions: Modified corn dollys' literary circle.



 

 

Paul also was a singer and guitar player: you can listen to his  live album "The Happy Lands and Elsewhere" and record it.

 

Farewell, Paul !  See you in the Western Lands.

My deepest sympathy to his love, Elisabeth !
 

"When you read this I am alive.

I am here on this page. I am here. I am HERE!"

                                                                             Brion Gysin, Beat Museum - Bardo Hotel Chapter 2.