Roger Giroux (1925–1974) was a French

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and transtator. Giroux's only book published when he was alive was ''L’arbre le temps'', Mercure de France, 1964 ; it won the Max-Jacob' Prize that same year. Giroux translated texts of W.B. Yeats,

Lawrence Durrell Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. Born in India to British colonial pare ...

Rosmarie Waldrop Rosmarie Waldrop (born Rosmarie Sebald; August 24, 1935) is an American poet, novelist, translator, essayist and publisher. Born in Germany, she has lived in the United States since 1958 and has settled in Providence, Rhode Island since the lat ...

Edna O'Brien Josephine Edna O'Brien (born 15 December 1930) is an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Elected to Aosdána by her fellow artists, she was honoured with the title Saoi in 2015 and the "UK and Ireland Nobel" D ...

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and others authors in french. A sample of his poems is included i
The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry
edited by

Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include ''The New York Trilogy'' (1987), ''Moon Palace'' (1989), ''The Music of Chance'' (1990), ''The Book of Illusions'' (2002), ''The Broo ...

, and generally recognized as the best anthology of Modern French poetry in English translation. Collection of poetry: ''L'autre temps'' (1964). Posthumous works: ''Voici'' (1974), ''Théâtre'' (1976), ''S'' (1977), ''L'arbre le Temps suivi de Lieu-Je et de Lettre'' (1977). More recently: ''Poème'' (éd. Théâtre typographique, 2007) and ''Journal d'un poème'' (éd. Eric Pesty, 2011).

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