Pierre Joris

Pierre Joris, (born July 14, 1946) is a Luxembourg-American poet, translator, anthologist and essayist.

Early life and education

Joris was born in Strasbourg, France on July 14, 1946 and raised in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg, is a poet, translator, anthologist and essayist. He left Luxembourg at nineteen and since then has lived in the US, Great Britain, North Africa and France.

Career

In 1987, he returned to the U.S., first to upstate New York and then to the San Diego area as visiting poet & scholar at University of California, San Diego. In 1992, he returned to New York State and taught in the Department of English at University at Albany until 2013.

Selected publications

Poetry and translations

Joris has published over 20 books and chapbooks of his own poetry, among these :