Marilyn Hacker

Poet, Translator

New York, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

(Photo credit: Alison Harris)

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Books:
Calligraphies (Norton, 2023)
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A Different Distance (Milkweed Editions, 2021)
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Blazons: New and Selected Poems (Carcanet Press, 2019)
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A Stranger's Mirror (Norton, 2015)
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Diaspo/Renga (Holland Park Press, 2014)
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Essays on Departure: New and Selected Poems (Carcanet Press, 2006)
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Birds and Bison (translation of poems by Claire Malroux) (Sheep Meadow Press, 2004)
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Desesperanto (Norton, 2003)
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First Cities: Collected Early Poems (Norton, 2003)
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She Says (translation of poems by Venus Khoury-Ghata) (Graywolf Press, 2003)
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Squares & Courtyards (Norton, 2000)
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Selected Poems (Norton, 1994)
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Winter Numbers (Norton, 1994)
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Going Back to the River (Random House, 1990)
Journals:
Paris Review
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PN Review
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Poetry Daily
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Poetry London
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The Nation

Translation

Books:
Daybreak by Claire Malroux, translated from the French (New York Review Books, 2020)
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That Light, All at Once by Jean-Paul de Dadelsen, translated from the French (Yale University Press, 2020)
;
The Olive Trees’ Jazz and Other Poems by Samira Negrouche, translated from the French (Pleiades Press, 2020)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, LGBTQ
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
New York
Raised in: 
New York
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Last update: Dec 12, 2024