| Institution: | 1. Published seven major collections of verse, several books of tales, and numerous studies of literature and art. In 1981 he succeeded Roland Barthes in the Chair of Comparative Poetics at the Collège de France. He was awarded the European Prize for Poetry in 2006 and the Kafka Prize in 2007. He lives in Paris.;2. Translates poetry and other literary works from French, German, and Spanish. He is the author of a collection of poems, Witnesses, and a volume of criticism, The Poetics of Inconstancy. His translation of Bonnefoy's The Curved Planks and accompanying essays was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2006. He is currently preparing an English version of Bonnefoy's latest book, The Anchor's Long Chain. |
