Henri Meschonnic

Henry Meschonnic (18 September 1932, Paris – 8 April 2009, Villejuif) was a French poet, linguist, essayist and translator. He's 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.^[1] As a translator of the Old Testament 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).^[2]

Awards

• 1972 Max Jacobs 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^[3]

References

1. Henri Meschonnic (1932-2009)
2. Meschonnic, Henri (2011). Pier-Pascale Boulanger, ed. Ethics and Politics of Translating. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978 90 272 8685 7.
3. "GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL DE POESIE GUILLEVIC-VILLE DE SAINT-MALO - Les Prix - Rencontres Poetiques Internationales de Bretagne". Web.archive.org. 2008-11-18. Archived from the original on November 18, 2008. Retrieved 2014-04-21.

External links

• Henri Meschonnic (1932-2009) tribute by poet and translator Pierre Joris
• Henri Meschonnic Blog a blog devoted to Meschonnic initiated by Piers Hugill
• Henri Meschonnic 1932-2009 This "cyber-tombeau" at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes links
• Dossier Henri Meschonnic sur le site "sur et autour de Philippe Sollers" Pileface (French)
• Colloque de Cerisy (French)
• Interview À la radio suisse italienne September 2003 (French)
• Poèmes d'Henri Meschonnic (French)
• Éditions Verdier: Henri Meschonnic (French)