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Jacqueline Risset

Born 25 May 1936 in Besançon, France

Died 3 September 2014 (aged 78)

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.

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She taught French literature at the University La Sapienza in Rome.

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