Henri Meschonnic
Henri Meschonnic (18 September 1932, in Paris – 8 April 2009, in Villejuif) was a French poet, linguist, essayist and translator. He is remembered today as both a theoretician of language and as a translator of the Old Testament. The 710-page Critique du rythme, probably remains his most famous theoretical work.
Henri Meschonnic
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- 1932 · 14th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 2009 · Villejuif.
- Nationality
- France
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- linguist · poet · translator · university teacher
- Honours
- Max Jacob Prize · Prix de littérature francophone Jean Arp · Mallarmé Prize
- Languages
- French
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Henri Meschonnic (18 September 1932, in Paris – 8 April 2009, in Villejuif) was a French poet, linguist, essayist and translator. He is remembered today as both a theoretician of language and as a translator of the Old Testament. The 710-page Critique du rythme, probably remains his most famous theoretical work.
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Henri Meschonnic is recorded as having received Max Jacob Prize, Prix de littérature francophone Jean Arp and Mallarmé Prize.
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1932
Henri Meschonnic born at 14th arrondissement of Paris.
2009
Henri Meschonnic died at Villejuif.
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14th arrondissement of Paris.
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• 1972 Max Jacob International Poetry Prize • 1986 Mallarmé prize • 2006 Prix de Littérature Nathan Katz pour l’ensemble de l’œuvre • 2007 International Grand Prix de poesie Guillevic-ville of Saint-Malo
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- 1.Henri Meschonnic (1932-2009)
- 2.Meschonnic, Henri. Ethics and Politics of Translating. John Benjamins Publishing. 14. 2011. 978-90-272-8685-7.
- 3.GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL DE POESIE GUILLEVIC-VILLE DE SAINT-MALO - Les Prix - Rencontres Poetiques Internationales de Bretagne. 2008-11-18.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Henri Meschonnic, Proposizioni per una poetica della traduzione [1973], 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
- Henri Meschonnic, Ethics and Politics of Translating [2007], Benjamins Translation Library 91, translated and edited by Pier-Pascale Boulanger, Amsterdam, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011, ISBN 978-90-272-2439-2
- Henri Meschonnic, The Henri Meschonnic Reader, edited by Marko Pajević, translated by Pier-Pascale Boulanger, Andrew Eastman, John E. Joseph, David Nowell Smith, Marko Pajević, and Chantal Wright, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2019, ISBN 978-14-744-4596-2
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