Alain Suied

Alain Suied (July 17, 1951 – July 24, 2008) was a French poet and translator.

Early life and career

Suied was born in Tunis into what was then the Jewish community in that city. In 1959 he moved to Paris with his parents. His first poem was published in 1968 in the journal L'Ephemeral.[1] Andre du Bouchet helped him get his first book published in 1970.[2] Suied received the Nelly Sachs Prize for translation.[3]

He is buried in the cemetery of Montparnasse.[3]

Notes
  1. Web page titled "Alain Suied" (Google translation of Web page), Temporel magazine website, retrieved December 14, 2008
  2. Kéchichian, Patrick, summary of article on Suied's death, Le Monde, August 13, 2008, retrieved December 14, 2008
  3. Web page titled "Alain Suied" (Googletranslation of web page) Archived 2014-06-26 at the Wayback Machine at Editions Arfuyen website, retrieved December 14, 2008
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