André du Bouchet (1924–2001) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest French poets of the twentieth century. He was also a prolific essayist on contemporary art and a versatile translator, producing French versions of Shakespeare, Hölderlin, Joyce, Mandelstam, and Pasternak. Paul Auster is known worldwide for his novels, as well as his films, memoirs, essays, and poetry. He is also an authority on French literature and a noted translator from the French. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. Hoyt Rogers is a poet, writer of stories and essays, and translator from the French, German, Italian, and Spanish. He divides his time between the Dominican Republic and Italy.
“An exciting addition to contemporary French poetry available in
translation . . . [Hoyt Rogers’] introduction [is] the most
far-reaching essay on du Bouchet that I have ever read in
English.”—John Taylor, Arts Fuse
*Arts Fuse*
“The translations themselves are marvelous. . . . Here we have a
poet whose lines often contain worlds . . . a master of the image .
. . a pure pleasure to read.”—Micah Mattix, Books and Culture
*Books and Culture*
Longlisted for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award, poetry category
-- organized by Three Percent, a resource for international
literature based at the University of Rochester.
*Three Percent*
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