Henri Meschonnic

Henry Meschonnic (born in Paris on 18 September 1932; died in Villejuif on 8 April 2009) was a French poet, linguist and theoretician of language, and essayist. Meschonnic was a renowned translator of the Old Testament, his translations published as Les Cinq Rouleaux, Le Chant des chants, Ruth, Comme ou les Lamentations, Paroles du sage, Esther and in what is probably his most famous theoretical book, the 710-page Critique du rhythme.