In Search of André Breton

Mark Polizzotti is the author of thirteen books and has translated more than sixty books from the French, including works by Gustave Flaubert, Arthur Rimbaud, Scholastique Mukasonga, Patrick Modiano, Marguerite Duras, and André Breton. His translations have won or been shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, the Scott Moncrieff Prize, the National Book Award, and the International Booker Prize, among other honors. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. (updated 10/2025)