Henri Meschonnic (18 September 1932, in

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– 8 April 2009, in

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) was a French poet,

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, essayist and translator. He is remembered today as both a theoretician of language and as a translator of the

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. The 710-page ''Critique du rythme,'' probably remains his most famous theoretical work. As a translator of the

he published many volumes, including ''Les cinq rouleaux'' in 1970 (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther); ''Jona et le signifiant errant'' in 1998 (Jonah); ''Gloires'' in 2000 (Psalms); ''Au commencement'' in 2002 (Genesis); ''Les Noms'' in 2003 (Exodus); ''Et il a appelé'' in 2005 (Leviticus); and ''Dans le désert'' in 2008 (Numbers).

Awards

* 1972 Max Jacob International Poetry Prize * 1986

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* 2006 ''Prix de Littérature Nathan Katz pour l’ensemble de l’œuvre'' * 2007 ''International Grand Prix de poesie Guillevic-ville of Saint-Malo''

Bibliography

* Henri Meschonnic, ''Proposizioni per una poetica della traduzione''

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translated by Mirella Conenna and Domenico D'Oria, in "Il lettore di provincia", n° 44, 1981, pp. 23–31; then in Siri Nergaard (ed.), ''Teorie contemporanee della traduzione'', Milan, Bompiani, 1995 (2nd ed. 2002), pp. 265–281. ISBN 88-452-2470-8

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Henri Meschonnic (1932-2009)
tribute by poet and translator

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Henri Meschonnic Blog
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Dossier Henri Meschonnic sur le site "sur et autour de Philippe Sollers" ''Pileface''

September 2003

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