(si ça ne fait pas comme le dernier bouquin sur Faerie ;)).

Lu sur la Tolkien Library :

HarperCollins is to publish a new book by the late Lord of the Rings author J R R Tolkien. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, edited and introduced by Tolkien’s son Christopher, will be published in hardback in May 2009.

The previously unpublished work was written while Tolkien was professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University during the 1920s and '30s, before he wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The publication will make available for the first time Tolkien’s extensive retelling in English narrative verse of the epic Norse tales of Sigurd the Völsung and the Fall of the Niflungs.

David Brawn, the publishing director of HarperCollins UK, said: "It is an entirely unpublished work, dates from around the early 1930s, and will be published - all being well - in May this year. Otherwise the clue as to what the book will contain is in the title - THE LEGEND OF SIGURD AND GUDRUN. You will surmise from this that it is not a Middle-earth book, but we are confident that Tolkien fans will be fascinated by it."

Evidemment, ce sera pour les anglophones. En gros (pas le temps de traduire entièrement), HarperCollins va publier La Légende de Sigurd et Gudrún, un travail de Tolkien jusque là inédit, et qui fut écrit dans les années 20 et 30 (avant la rédaction de Bilbo). C'est une réécritude en vers et en anglais de la Volsüng et de la Chute des Niflung. Si tout va bien, tout ça sera publié en Mai.

Pas de TdM mais j'attends ça quand même avec impatience \o/

Un vrai inédit?
Woaw, c'est plus que des étrennes :-))
Good news.
Merci Stéphanie

Et je dirais même plus : c'est une très bonne nouvelle ! Merci Laegalad ! :-)

De quoi délicieusement patienter en attendant la publication du Beowulf de Tolkien ! ;-)

Du nouveau sur la page que j'ai liée plus haut, quelques spéculations sur le contenu du livre à venir :

Speculations and info on the possible content of the new Tolkien book:

Jason Fisher, the Tolkien scholar, quotes note 3 from Letter #259 (Letters) at his blog Lingwë:
'A long unpublished poem entitled 'Volsungakviða En Nyja', probably written in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Tolkien described it, in a letter to Auden dated 29 January 1968, as 'written in fornyrðislag 8-line stanzas in English: an attempt to organize the Edda material dealing with Sigurd and Gunnar',
which is probably the first lead to the contents of this new book.

According to the Companion & Guide by Wayne Hammong & Christina Scull (Reader's Guide, p. 654), the poem, called ‘Völsungakviða En Nýja' ('The New Lay of the Völsungs'), consists of 339 eight-line stanzas. There is also written there exists a companion poem from the same period, called Guðrúnarkviða en nýja ('The New Lay of Gudrun') of 166 eight-line stanzas. If this is the case we can speculate that both will be published together in this new book.

In 'Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees: A Selection from 25 Years of Speeches at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinners: v. 2 (Peter Roe Booklets)',we can read Rayner Unwin saying
'[...] in fact, when Christopher can have his sabbatical and get on with some of the other things that he needs to do - that I want him to do, rather - like the book of his father's long, non-Middle-earth poems, 'The Fall of Arthur' and the new 'Volsungasaga' and a few other things. These exist and need to be brushed up and put into a volume but, understandably enough, Christopher doen't want to get distracted from the stream of conciousness which HoMe obviously demands of him'.

Maybe this is the 'new Volsungasage' Rayner Uwnin talked about, and who knows that some of the other works might also someday see publication!?

Jason Fisher also speculates that the book might be very short, since Tom Shippey has written that there is an 8-page gap in the Codex Regius manuscript of the Poetic Edda, specifically in the Sigurðr cycle [Roots and Branches: Selected Papers on Tolkien, p. 192]; and if Tolkien’s poem was meant to fill that gap, as Shippey supposes, then there is indeed a reason to think it must be fairly short. Let us hope that it is not!

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/857-...Gudrun.php

Et toujours au même endroit :

Title: The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
Type: Hardback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 30 April 2009

Language: English
ISBN-10: 0007317239
ISBN-13: 978-0007317233
UK RRP: not known yet
Europe RRP: 23,99 EUR

[update: ] The contents of the new Tolkien book:

Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiquity, in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles The New Lay of the Völsungs and The New Lay of Gudrún.

The New Lay of the Völsungs
In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir most celebrated of dragons, whose treasure he took for his own; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild who slept surrounded by a wall of fire; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In that court there sprang great love but also great hate, brought about by the power of the enchantress, mother of the Niflungs, skilled in the arts of magic, of shape-changing and potions of forgetfulness.In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, and Gudrún his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd at the hands of his blood-brothers, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún.

The New Lay of Gudrún
In the Lay of Gudrún her fate after the death of Sigurd is told, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers, and her hideous revenge.

Tolkien's sources
Deriving his version primarily from his close study of the ancient poetry of Norway and Iceland known as the Poetic Edda (and from the later prose work the Völsunga Saga), Tolkien employed a verse-form whose lines embody in English the exacting alliterative rhythms and the concentrated energy of the poems of the Edda.

This ancient poetry remained a deep force in Tolkien's life's work. Here, at last, is presented the source of the wellspring that would lead to The Hobbit and The Children of Húrin. It is the first full flourishing of a rich narrative style and powerful, dramatic storytelling that was destined to become famous throughout the world.

Cool, donc, on peut le précommander :D

(jeu de ping-pong Tolkiendil/JRRVF :D)

Et une version pour collectionneurs : The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún Limited Signed edition (07.02.09)
(pour RICHES collectionneurs, si j'ai bien compris)

"Limited signed edition"

Hm Hm ??... Signée par qui?
Je me demande comment on appelle un collectionneur de signatures d'éditeurs?
Est-ce "autographile" comme pour les signatures d'auteurs??
Mfarf :-)
En tout cas, c'est diablement cher!
Auri sacra fames, comme disait l'autre.

Silmo

Signé par on ne sait qui, on s'est posé la même question ;) Mais si c'est signé par l'éditeur, l'"autre" dirait surtout ça  :

Sapristi Stéphanie, tu ne manques pas d'audace en insérant cette image!
Je salue ton courage :-)
J'y avais bien songé aussi avant de m'en tenir frileusement à une citation tirée de l'Enéide.
Par les temps qui courent [où la délation acquiert soudain force de loi], je n'aurais pas risqué qu'on me dénonce aux ayant-droits de Goscinny et Uderzo.
Au moins avec ceux de Virgile, je suis tranquille :-)
Silmo

en es tu vraiment sur cher ami  ?;o))))

:-D

Mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarf :) vous êtes géniaux :D

La prochaine fois, pour les citations latines, on les fera à la Loth d'Orcanie. Timeo sed nec ultra vurbis. ça veut rien dire, mais on ne risque rien.

Nouvelles infos piquées là :

TL. May seems to be the big Tolkien month, with the release of the previously unpublished "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun". Was this book edited by Christopher Tolkien on his own, or did he have any help from Adam Tolkien?

DB. Adam Tolkien has not been involved in the writing of this book, though he is working once again behind the scenes on other matters.

TL. Will there be made just a hardback, or do you think there will be enough interest to also release a 'special' edition or a 'deluxe edition?

DB. As for The Children of Hurin, there will be a hardback edition, a deluxe edition, a leatherbound edition, and an audiobook. Specifications and dates for each of these will be revealed shortly. There will not be a large print edition, but there may be something else instead...

TL. Will the book be illustrated and if so... Is it John Howe who will do the honors?

DB. This is not an illustrated book in the Alan Lee style, but the book has a small number of decorative illustrations by an artist called Bill Sanderson, which are historically appropriate and very striking.

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/869-..._Brawn.php

Et la signature pour l'édition "super deluxe" sera de... Tolkien !

...fils. Christopher, plus précisément :)

Avec une couverture en peau de chèvre. Relié main. Du bel objet, quoi. Silmo, si tu retrouves de la peau de chèvre, maintenant que tu as fait ton tapis de jeu saboteur, tu sauras quelle utilité lui trouver ;)

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-The_Legend_of_Sigurd_and_Gudrun.php

bonjour à tous,

ce n'est pas violer le secret professionnel que de dire que ce livre (j'en ai les épreuves en main) est une merveille. mais comment traduire un tel texte en français ?!

v

Avec beaucoup d'amour et de courage? ;)

Vincent, tu ne serais pas en train de nous dire ça exprès pour nous faire envie ? ;)

En tout cas, les rumeurs que j'avais perçues sur mes fils d'infos ont trouvé confirmation chez Elbakin (relayé par Tolkiendil) : les éditions Bourgois assureront la trad' \o/

(bon courage au traducteur, ceci dit... ;) )

les auteurs de la nouvelle devraient jouer au loto. ils ont des dons de fakirs !
(les discussions sont en cours)

amicalement
vincent

Est-ce que cette parution se fait dans le cadre du cycle de traduction de HoME ?

C'est en effet une très bonne nouvelle que cette future publication ! :). *vient de se rappeler qu'elle sera en Espagne le jour de la sortie*, zut! je pourrai pas l'acheter le jour même comme pour Children of Hurin :p.
Donc si je comprends bien Vincent, les droits de publication devraient être achetés par Bourgois mais ce n'est pas encore assuré ? Enfin si effectivement le texte est difficile, il va aussi falloir trouver un traducteur :p.

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-The_Legend_of_Sigurd_and_Gudrun.php
On sait maintenant à quoi ressemblera la couv' :)

Très intéressant, je dis...

reponse a gandalf03

Une chose est sure, cette histoire n'a aucun rapport direct avec la Terre du Milieu, donc...

;)

Merci pour ta réponse, il est vrai que je ne connais pas très bien le texte...

Voici l'avant-propos par C.Tolkien : http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/04/22/31886-christopher-tolkiens-foreward-to-sigurd-and-gudrun/. Désolée pour les non-anglophones, mais là c'est un peu trop long pour traduire...