Emile Capouya
Encyclopedia
Emile Capouya was an essayist, critic
, and writer
.
in New York City and started his working life at New Directions in New York. From 1969–1981 he was publisher at The Nation
and wrote for The New American Review, The New York Times
and The Saturday Review. Capouya published the work of Ezra Pound
, Tennessee Williams
, Jean-Paul Sartre
, and James Joyce
.
In 1993 he published his first book of short stories, In the Sparrow Hills, a compilation of stories based on his time with Handelsmarine in World War II
. It won the Sue Kaufman Prize of the American Academy and the Institute of Arts and Letters. In 2003 he published The Rising of the Moon.
1968 married Keitha Capouya, publisher. Keitha was the founder of New Amsterdam Books.
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
, and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
Life
Capouya studied at Columbia UniversityColumbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York City and started his working life at New Directions in New York. From 1969–1981 he was publisher at The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
and wrote for The New American Review, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
and The Saturday Review. Capouya published the work of Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
, Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
, Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy, particularly Marxism, and was one of the key figures in literary...
, and James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
.
In 1993 he published his first book of short stories, In the Sparrow Hills, a compilation of stories based on his time with Handelsmarine in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. It won the Sue Kaufman Prize of the American Academy and the Institute of Arts and Letters. In 2003 he published The Rising of the Moon.
1968 married Keitha Capouya, publisher. Keitha was the founder of New Amsterdam Books.
Literature
- Emile Capouya: In the Sparrow Hills, Algonquin Books 1993, ISBN 0945575629
- Ismail Kadare, Emile Capouya: Albanian Spring: The Anatomy of Tyranny, Saqi BooksSaqi BooksSaqi Books is an independent UK publisher co-founded in 1984 by author and feminist Mai Ghoussoub to "print quality academic and general interest books on the Middle East". It now claims to be "the UK's largest publisher of Middle Eastern and Arabic titles"...
1994, ISBN 0863562531 - Emile Capouya, Keitha Capouya: Classic English Love Poems, Hippocrene Books 1999, ISBN 0781805724
- Emile Capouya: The Rising of the Moon, Lyons Press 2003, ISBN 1585746649