than ten poem collections published on fine paper, and illustrated by Tasso himself or with paintings for Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Van der Weyden (Retables pour des murs en papier, 2001), and Egon Schiele (Sang des neiges et autres poèmes, 2002). He is also the author of several essays on "ethics" as well as on "image and power" in a dehumanized contemporary society (Les fins de l'image, 2009 ; Encore ce peu d'images malgré tout, 2011). His poetry, mystic at its beginnings (Les lampes d'écume, 1999), started out as expressionism (Fragments chaotiques, 2000; Retables pour des murs en papier, 2001; Sang des neiges et autres poèmes, 2002; Intailles, Te Deum pour un requiem du temps, 2004). Later it became denser, and developed a very pure and literary style which has made Tasso a Poet of the Presence and a much noticed figure of the French poetry (De neige et de pierres, Poèmes pour l'improbable, 2005; Assomption d'une autre saison, 2005; Paysages de flot précédé de Sommeil des Ancolies, 2009; Brisants comme dictame d'un monde trépassé, 2010). In October 2010, the publishing firm "Les éditions de la Revue Phénicienne" released an anthology entitled Alain Tasso, preceded by eleven studies and critical texts. He started teaching in 2011 at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (Académie libanaise des Beaux-Arts, ALBA). He is also the author of numerous artist books. Talking about the Arab Spring In the frame of the European Parliament in Brussels, Alex Taylor hosted Alain Tasso as the special guest of Euronews "I-Talk" program. Chosen from the Arab World, Tasso gave an interview on the Arab Spring. Recorded in French, and broadcast from July 14 to July 21, 2011 on Euronews international channels, the talk was also dubbed and translated in the ten languages of the channel, namely French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian, Arabic and Persian. Works in la Collection Les blés d'or Les lampes d'écume, 1999 (author's art with watercolor paintings) Fragments chaotiques, 2000 (author's art) Le champ de l'hypostase, 2000 (author's art) Retables pour des murs en papier, 2001 (drawings by Michelangelo, Raphael, Watteau, Delacroix, Leonardo da Vinci, Van der Weyden, Dürer and Rodin) Sang des neiges et autres poèmes, 2002 (paintings by Egon Schiele) with a CD entitled: L'exégèse du souffle (Reciting of 5 poem collections by Alain Tasso accompanied with music) Intailles, Te deum pour un requiem du temps, 2004 (author's art)