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Pierre Joris (1946-2025) Poet, translator. Pierre Joris was born in Strasbourg, France, and died in Brooklyn, New York.

Full Name

Pierre Joseph Joris

Locations

AlbanyBroomeDutchessKings

Author's Timeline


1946

Birth

Pierre Joseph Joris was born in Strasbourg, France, on July 14, 1946.

1969

Other Life Event

Dutchess County: Mr. Joris received a bachelor of arts degreee from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1969.

1987

Literary Work

Breccia: Selected Poems 1972-1986
Station Hill Press; First Edition
0882680609 / 978-0882680606
Poetry.

1990

Other Life Event

Broome County: Mr. Joris received a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1990.

1992

Other Life Event

Albany County: Mr. Joris taught at the State University of New York at Albany from 1992 to 2013.

1999

Literary Work

Out/Takes
Blackwoods Broadsides, First edition
Poetry.

2001

Literary Work

Poasis: Selected Poems 1986-1999
Wesleyan University Press
0819564346 / 978-0819564344
Poetry.

2003

Literary Work

A Nomad Poetics
Wesleyan University Press
0819566454 / 978-0819566454
Essays.

2012

Literary Work

Learn the Shadow: P.O.W.3
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Poetry.

2013

Literary Work

Meditations on the Stations of Mansur AlHallaj
Chax Press
0989431606 / 978-0989431606
Poetry.

2014

Literary Work

Barzakh: Poems 2000-2012
Commonwealth Books, Black Widow; Illustrated edition
099600792X / 978-0996007924
Poetry.

2019

Literary Work

Arabia (not so) Deserta: Essays on Maghrebi & Mashreqi Writing & Culture
Spuyten Duyvil Publishing
1949966054 / 978-1949966053
Essays.

2023

Literary Work

Interglacial Narrows
Contra Mundum Press
1940625572 / 978-1940625577
Poetry.

2009

Literary Work

Justifying the Margins: Essays 1990-2006
Salt Publishing
1844714349 / 978-1844714346
Essays.

2025

Death

Kings County: Pierre Joris died at his home in Brooklyn, New York, on February 27, 2025.

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