Emmanuel Hocquard
Born(1940-04-11)11 April 1940
Cannes, France
Died27 January 2019(2019-01-27) (aged 78)
Mérilheu, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench
Literary movement"Un bureau sur l'Atlantique"

Emmanuel Hocquard (11 April 1940[1] – 27 January 2019)[2] was a French poet.

Life

He grew up in Tangier, Morocco.[3] He served as the editor of the small press Orange Export Ltd. and, with Claude Royet-Journoud, edited two anthologies of new American poets, 21+1: Poètes américains ď aujourďhui (with a corresponding English volume, 21+1 American Poets Today) and 49+1. In 1989, Hocquard founded and directed "Un bureau sur l'Atlantique", an association fostering relations between French and American poets.

Besides poetry, he has written essays, a novel, and translated American and Portuguese poets including Charles Reznikoff, Michael Palmer, Paul Auster, Benjamin Hollander, Antonio Cisneros, and Fernando Pessoa. With the artist Alexandre Delay, he made a video film, Le Voyage à Reykjavik.

Awards and honors

Books in English translation

References

  1. ^ "Hocquard de langage". Libération.fr. 24 May 2001.
  2. ^ "Le poète Emmanuel Hocquard est mort". Le Monde.fr. 28 January 2019 – via Le Monde.
  3. ^ Shiroma, Jerrold. "duration press". www.durationpress.com.
  4. ^ Chad W. Post. "2013 Best Translated Book Award: The Poetry Finalists". Three Percent. Retrieved 11 April 2013.