Henri Meschonnic (18 September 1932, in Paris – 8 April 2009, in Villejuif) was a French poet, linguist, essayist and translator. He is remembered today as both a theoretician of language and as a translator of the Old Testament. The 710-page Critique du rythme, probably remains his most famous theoretical work. As a translator of the Old Testament he published many volumes, including Les cinq rouleaux in 1970 (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther); Jona et le signifiant errant in 1998 (Jonah); Gloires in 2000 (Psalms); Au commencement in 2002 (Genesis); Les Noms in 2003 (Exodus); Et il a appelé in 2005 (Leviticus); and Dans le désert in 2008 (Numbers). Awards 1972 Max Jacob International Poetry Prize 1986 Mallarmé prize 2006 Prix de Littérature Nathan Katz pour l’ensemble de l’œuvre 2007 International Grand Prix de poesie Guillevic-ville of Saint-Malo References External links Henri Meschonnic (1932-2009) tribute by poet and translator Pierre Joris Henri Meschonnic Blog a blog devoted to Meschonnic initiated by Piers Hugill Henri Meschonnic 1932-2009 This "cyber-tombeau" at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes links Dossier Henri Meschonnic sur le site "sur et autour de Philippe Sollers" Pileface Colloque de Cerisy Interview À la radio suisse italienne September 2003 Poèmes d'Henri Meschonnic Éditions Verdier: Henri Meschonnic Marko Pajević (ed.), The Henri Meschonnic Reader. A Poetics of Society, Edinburgh University Press 2019 1932 births 2009 deaths Linguists from France French translation scholars French male poets 20th-century French poets 20th-century French translators 20th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers 20th-century linguists