Jacqueline Risset was 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 1936 and died in Rome on September 4, 2014. She taught French literature at the University La Sapienza in Rome. Jennifer Moxley's translation of Sleep's Powers was published by Ugly Duckling Presse in 2008. Further reading Tel Quel External links The translation begins. Jacqueline_Risset Bibliography Biblioteca Guillaume Apollinaire, Università degli studi Roma Tre Contemporary Women Poets References 1936 births 2014 deaths Writers from Besançon Italian–French translators Translators to Italian French literary critics Women literary critics French women poets French women critics French essayists French women essayists Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome 20th-century French poets Prix Roger Caillois recipients 20th-century French women writers 20th-century French translators