Philippe Beck (born April 21, 1963, in Strasbourg) is a French poet, writer and professor for Philosophy at University of Nantes, in France and European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
Through his poetic work, Philippe Beck has collaborated with contemporary musicians and composers and has on numerous occasions.
A number of Beck's works have also been put to music by Pesson: Chants populaires (Popular Songs) for the vocal ensemble Accentus.
Beck's Lyre dure was also the basis for Philippe Mion [fr]'s Oeuvre acousmatique (Acousmatic work), the premiere of which was held in 2009.
In March 2013, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kent Nagano premiered a work by Maxime McKinley, which was based on Beck's book In Nature.