Emmanuel Hocquard
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Emmanuel Hocquard | |
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| Born | 11 April 1940 Cannes, France |
| Died | 27 January 2019 (aged 78) Mérilheu, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Literary movement | "Un bureau sur l'Atlantique" |
Emmanuel Hocquard (11 April 1940[1] – 27 January 2019)[2] was a French poet.
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
- 2013 Best Translated Book Award, shortlist, The Invention of Glass[4]
