Claire Malroux

• Name — Claire Malroux • Birth Name — Josette Andrée Malroux • Born — 3 September 1925 • Birthplace — Albi, France • Died — 4 February 2025 • Place of death — Sèvres, France • Occupation — Poet, translator • Language — French • Education — École Normale Supérieure • Awards — Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur

Malroux was born on 3 September 1925 in France in Albi, Tarn département. She studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Malroux was a teenager during World War II. Her father was Augustin Malroux, a socialist, teacher and member of the French Resistance, which led to his arrest, deportation and death during the war. Malroux died in Sèvres on 4 February 2025, at the age of 99.

Malroux published 12 volumes of poetry, in addition to two "hybrid prose works." Four of those volumes (Edge, A Long-Gone Sun, Birds and Bison and Daybreak) have been translated into English by Hacker. Her 1998 work Soleil de jadis: recit poeme tells the story of World War II from a child's perspective through poetry. Malroux translated the works of numerous English-language poets into French, but cited Emily Dickinson as one of the most impactful, describing it as the "awakening of a personal affinity." In 1999, she was awarded the title of Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur for her translation work.