Mark Polizzotti

Finalist, 2022 National Book Awards

Mark Polizzotti’s books include Revolution of the Mind: The Life of André Breton, monographs on Luis Buñuel and Bob Dylan, and Sympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto.
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Kibogo

book cover for Scholastique Mukasonga, Kibogo
ISBN 9781953861368 Archipelago Books

Kibogo’s story is reserved for the evening’s end, when women sit around a fire drinking honeyed brew, when just a few are able to stave off sleep. With heads nodding, one faithful storyteller will weave the old legends of the hillside, stories which church missionaries have done everything in their power to expunge. More about this book >

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Nicholas Elliott, reads for Scholastique Mukasonga, and Mark Polizzotti at the 2022 Finalist Reading

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Mark Polizzotti

Mark Polizzotti’s books include Revolution of the Mind: The Life of André Breton, monographs on Luis Buñuel and Bob Dylan, and Sympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto. A Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and recipient of an American Academy of Arts & Letters Award for Literature, he has translated more than 50 books, including works by Arthur Rimbaud, Gustave Flaubert, Patrick Modiano, and Marguerite Duras.

(Photo credit: Jacqueline Colliss Harvey)

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