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Chris Clarke

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Chris Clarke

Canada

Chris Clarke was born and raised in Western Canada. His previous translations include work by Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano (NYRB Classics), as well as Oulipo members Raymond Queneau (New Directions) and Olivier Salon (WWB). He is currently translating a novel by Pierre Mac Orlan for Wakefield Press. Chris studies at the CUNY Graduate Center and teaches French at Brooklyn College.

Articles by Chris Clarke

From the Translator: On “A Red Lighter in the Heart of M.”

By Chris Clarke

Collusion in French Watermelon Sugar. Collaboration through a Common Denominator.Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Lagrasse, a Benedictine abbey rebuilt in the late eight century, and the location of the translation…

A Red Lighter in the Heart of M.

By Mohammed El Khadiri

You tell her things she isn’t supposed to hear.

Translated from Arabic by Chris Clarke

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Oulipian Champagne: Mucking with Caradec’s Deft Trickery

By Chris Clarke

I remember watching Yvonne Rainer’s Journeys from Berlin/1971 in film class, and I recall the feeling of sitting in that dark Simon Fraser annex classroom searching for patterns that eluded me. …

The Stations of the Cry

By Olivier Salon

Hear Haydn’s cry at the court of the Prince, and his symphony.

Translated from French by Chris Clarke

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