Pierre Leyris

Pierre Leyris (2nd from left) with [[Nusch Éluard]], [[Paul Éluard]], Sherban Sidèry, Hubert de Saint Sennay et [[Susana Soca]], on the day of the [[Liberation of Paris]]. Pierre Leyris (16 July 1907 – 4 January 2001) was a French translator.

The writers who benefited from his talent were, among others, Shakespeare in the complete edition of the , Melville, Jean Rhys, Yeats, Dickens, Stevenson, Hawthorne and De Quincey. He was also an incomparable translator of English-speaking poets, from Milton to T.S. Eliot. His four-volume translation of the works of William Blake, published by Aubier & Flammarion, remains the most complete in French and earned him the 1974 Prix Valery Larbaud.. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Kabaph̄es, K̄onstantinos P.
    Published 1978
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    by Kabaph̄es, K̄onstantinos P.
    Published 1994
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