Claire Malroux was born in Albi, France, and now lives in Paris and Cabourg. She is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, a selection of which appear in Edge (Wake Forest, 1996) and A Long Gone Son (Sheep Meadow, 2000), both bilingual editions with English translations by Marilyn Hacker.

About Marilyn Hacker


Marilyn Hacker is the author of eleven books of poetry including Desesperanto: Poems 1999–2002 (Norton, 2003). She has also translated the poetry of Venus Khoury-Ghata and most recently of Claire Malroux in Birds and Bison (Sheep Meadow Press, 2005). Her numerous awards include a National Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. She lives in New York City and Paris and is professor of English at the City College of New York.

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