Jacqueline Risset, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacqueline Risset

French poet

Date of Birth: 25-May-1936

Place of Birth: Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 03-Sep-2014

Profession: writer, poet, translator, literary critic

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.