Mark Polizzotti

Mark Polizzotti has translated over fifty books from the French, including Arthur Rimbaud's The Drunken Boat: Selected Writings (NYRB Poets), and is the author of twelve books, including Revolution of the Mind: The Life of André Breton, Sympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto, and Why Surrealism Matters. He lives in New York.

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