He has published two books of poetry ( Silences and Le sexe peint), written a dissertation on bilingual (Spanish/French) author Jorge Semprun, and currently works as a translator and editor for the French press Aux Forges de Vulcain. Recent publications include Hotelles by Emma Mars (an erotic novel set in Paris, the City of Love) and The Invention of Race: Popular and Scientific Representations (edited by Nicolas Bancel, Thomas David, and Dominic Thomas).Īntoine Bargel believes poetry is best translated as a duo, one poet/translator from each of the two languages involved. So obviously not genetic but I credit my summers spent with my Dutch immigrant grandparents for my innate love of weird processed pork products. They even say very clearly theyve never been to France. He writes in Kreol Morisien (Mauritian Creole) and French.Īlexis Pernsteiner is a literary and academic translator. 'I like wine and cheese, oh, it has to be my french blood speaking'. His collections of poetry include Alphabet (2001), Mélangés (2002), Soirs d’enfance, and Calindromes (2008). He spent his childhood in the village of Goodlands, northeast of the island. So don’t worry, it’s unlikely someone would serve you des tripes at home on your first meal with them. Michel Ducasse was born in 1962 in Mauritius. Many French people don’t like les abats, and usually, the French are aware that foreigners may not be OK with them as well.

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