Jacqueline Risset
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Jacqueline Risset is a French poet noted for her work on the board of the literary journal Tel Quel
along with Julia Kristeva
and Philippe Sollers
, and for her translations of Italian poetry into French. Risset's books include Sleep's Powers and The Translation Begins.
Risset was born in Besançon, in 1933. She teaches French literature at the University La Sapienza in Rome.
Tel Quel
Tel Quel was an avant-garde magazine for literature, founded in 1960 in Paris by Philippe Sollers and Jean-Edern Hallier.-Overview:...
along with Julia Kristeva
Julia Kristeva
Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, sociologist, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. She is now a Professor at the University Paris Diderot...
and Philippe Sollers
Philippe Sollers
Philippe Sollers is a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the avant garde journal Tel Quel , published by Seuil, which ran until 1982...
, and for her translations of Italian poetry into French. Risset's books include Sleep's Powers and The Translation Begins.
Risset was born in Besançon, in 1933. She teaches French literature at the University La Sapienza in Rome.