Rosmarie Waldrop

Poet, translator, and editor Rosmarie Waldrop has been a forceful presence in American and international poetry for over forty years. Born in Germany, she moved to the U.S. in the 1950s. Together with her husband Keith Waldrop, Rosmarie founded Burning Deck Magazine, which became Burning Deck Press, an influential publisher of innovative poetry. Waldrop has written more than twenty books, including poetry, fiction, and essays. In 2006 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Since the 1970s she has become the leading English translator of French author Edmond Jabès, and was named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.