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John Taylor has recently translated books by Jacques Dupin (Of Flies and Monkeys, Bitter Oleander Press), Philippe Jaccottet (And, Nonetheless, Chelsea), Pierre-Albert Jourdan (The Straw Sandals, Chelsea), and Louis Calaferte (The Violet Blood of the Amethyst, Chelsea). His most recent collection of personal writings is If Night is Falling, published by the Bitter Oleander Press in 2012. He is also the author of the three-volume essay collection, Paths to Contemporary French Literature (Transaction), and Into the Heart of European Poetry (Transaction). Born in Des Moines in 1952, Taylor has lived in France since 1977. Taylor has just been awarded the Raiziss-de Palchi Fellowship, from the American Academy of Poets, for his project to translate the Italian poet Lorenzo Calogero. |
