Henri Meschonnic, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Meschonnic

French writer and linguist

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1932

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Apr-2009

Profession: writer, poet, translator, university teacher, linguist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Henry Meschonnic (18 September 1932, Paris – 8 April 2009, 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).