About Michael Bishop
Born 1938. Michael Bishop is a university teacher, literary scholar, poet, translator, editor and man of letters.
Michael Bishop (born 1938) is emeritus McCulloch Professor of French at Dalhousie University and most recently affiliated with the contemporary studies programme at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
His work focuses largely on contemporary French artists and writers and French women's poetry. He is also a poet, translator, and editor.
He is the director of Ăditions VVV Editions, a small publishing house located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Education
B.A. Hons: Victoria University of Manchester, England M.A.: University of Manitoba, Canada Ph.D.: University of Kent at Canterbury, England
Published works VĂ©ritĂ©s d'hiver/Winter Truths. William Blake & Co., 2024. PoĂšmes, Ă©dition bilingue. The Secret Life of James William Bishop, Ăditons VVV Editions, 2023. Jean-Paul Michel : Le 'lĂ ' de l'ĂȘtre-lĂ et la prĂ©sence Ă soi du 'poĂšme-comme-poĂšme. William Blake & Co., 2024. Traduction de Michael Bishop, Ă©dition bilingue. La grande arborescence, NU(e) 81, Poesibao, 2023. 17 Ă©tudes sur la poĂ©sie fĂ©minine contemporaine. Jenn-Paul Michel : Un feu se ces feux - ne savoir, Ăditions VVV, 2023. Traduction de Michael Bishop. Ădition bilingue. Earth and Mind : Dreaming, Writing, Being. Nine Contemporary French Poets. Brill, 2018. Dystopie et poĂŻein, agnose et reconnaissance. Seize Ă©tudes sur la poĂ©sie française et francophone contemporaine. Rodopi, 2014. BĂ©atrice Bonhomme : Deux paysages pour, entre les deux, dormir. Ăditions VVV, 2018. AccompagnĂ© d'un Palimpseste de Michael Bishop. Yves Bonnefoy's La grande ourse : Two Essays. Ăditions VVV, 2016. With Aaron Prevots. Genesis Now, followed by The Theory of Love. Ăditions VVV, 2009. Contemporary French Art 1. Rodopi, 2008 Contemporary French Art 2. Rodopi, 2011. Snowing, followed by Grace. Ăditions VVV, 2007. La genĂšse maintenant, suivi de La thĂ©orie de l'amour. William Blake & Co., 2010 Michel Deguy. Rodopi, CRMLFC VII, 1988. RenĂ© Char. Les derniĂšres annĂ©es. Rodopi, CMRLFC, XIV, 1990. Nineteenth-Century French Poetry. Twayne Publishers, New York, 1993. Salah StĂ©tiĂ© : Cold Water Shielded. Selected Poems. Bloodaxe Books / UNESCO, 2000. Edited, translated and introduced by Michael Bishop. The Contemporary Poetry of France. Rodopi, 1985 Jacques PrĂ©vert. From Film and Theater to Poetry, Art and Song. Rodopi, CHIASMA 12, 2002. Thirty Voices in the Feminine. Rodopi, Faux Titre 114, 1996. Edited by Michael Bishop. Jean-Paul Michel : Un cri, chose et signe. Ăditions VVV, 2021. Translation by Michael Bishop.* Contemporary French Women Poets, volume 1. CHIASMA, Rodopi, 1995. Contemporary French Women Poets, volume 2. CHIASMA, Rodopi, 1995. Marie Joqueviel : Le corps des disparus, Le Corps des vivants. Ăditions VVV, 2021. Traduction de Michael Bishop. Women's Poetry in France 1965-1995. A biâlingual anthology selected, translated and introduced by Michael Bishop. Esther Tellermann : Nos racines se ressemblent. Ădition VVV, 2022. Traduction et Reflets de Michael Bishop. PoĂ©sie, langue, image. Dalhousie French Studies, 111, 2018. Ătudes dirigĂ©es par Michael Bishop et Christopher Elson. AltĂ©ritĂ©s d'AndrĂ© du Bouchet. De Hugo, Shakespeare et Poussin Ă Celan, Mandelstam et Giacometti. Rodopi, CMRLFC XXXVIII, 2003. Jean-Paul Michel : Placer l'ĂȘtre en face de lui-mĂȘme. Carnets de Sicile (Ă©tĂ© 1994). William Blake & Co./Ăditions VVV, 2010. Translation by Michael Bishop. Fluvial, Agnose et autres poĂšmes. Editions de la revue NU(e), 2014. French Prose in 2000. Faux Titre, Rodopi, 2002. Edited with Christopher Elaon. AndrĂ© du Bouchet : Un m0t : ce n'est pas le sens... Ăditions VVV, 2013. Trois inĂ©dits prĂ©parĂ©s par Victor Martinez, avec La langue biface de V. Martinez; traductions et Le point monde de Michael Bishop. The Endless Theory of Days. The Art and Poetry of GĂ©rard Titus-Carmel. CHIASMA 22, Rodopi, 2007. Yves Bonnefoy : Passant, veux-tu savoir? prĂ©cĂ©dĂ© de AlĂšs Stenar. Ăditions VVV, 2006. Traduction de Michael Bishop. Yves Bonnefoy aujourd'hui. Dalhousie French Studies, 60, 2002. Etudes rĂ©unies par Michael Bishop et ChrisTopher Elson. Jean-Luc Nancy : Langue apocryphe. Editions VVV, 2014. Tradction de Michael Bishop. 'Quand on vient d'un monde d'IdĂ©es, la surprise est Ă©norme...'. William Blake & Co./Editions VVV, 2013. 40 poĂšmes choisis, traduits et postfacĂ©s par Michael Bishop. GĂ©rard Titus-Carmel : Quatre images mĂ©morables : Picasso, Ernst, Caillebottte, Bram. Editions VVV, 2009. Translation and postface by Michael Bishop. La PoĂ©sie quĂ©becoise depuis 1975. Dalhousie French Studes, 1980. Essais, tĂmoignages et inĂ©dits dirigĂ©s par Eva Kushner et Michael Bishop. Bernard NoĂ«l : La bouche du temps. Editions VVV, 2015. Traduction de Michael Bishop. 'Jean-Paul Michel : 'Stupeur et joie de devoirs nouveaux''''. Editions VVV, 2009. Translation by Michael Bishop. Yves Bonnefoy : Disorder, prĂ©cĂ©dĂ© de PoĂ©sie et théùtre. Editions VVV, 2012. Translation by Michael Bishop. Yves Bonnefoy : Une variante de la sortie du jardin, suivi de Bouche BĂ©e. Editions VVV, 2006. Traduction et Note de Michael Bishop. Salah StĂ©tiĂ© : Night of Substance. Editions VVV, 2008. Translation by Michael Bishop. Christian Jaccard : The Art of Fire and Knot-works. Editions VVV, 2005. Translation by Michael Bishop. Simone de Beauvoir et les fĂ©minismes contemporains. Dalhousie French Studies, 13, 1987. Ătudes dirigĂ©es par Nicole TrĂšves et Michael Bishop. Salah StĂ©tiĂ© : FluiditĂ© de la mort''. Editions VVV, 2007. Traduction de Michael Bishop.
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