Michael Bishop is Emeritus Professor of French and Contemporary
Studies at Dalhousie University and the University of King's
College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Widely published in the
realms of modern and contemporary French literature and art, he is
also a translator and poet. Recently published books include The
Endless Theory of Days : The Art and Poetry of G?rard Titus-Carmel
(2007), Contemporary French Art, vols 1 & 2 (2008 and 2011), La
Gen?se maintenant, suivi de La Th?orie de l'amour (2011),
translations of Yves Bonnefoy (The Radiant Space, 2009 and
Disorder, 2012)and Jean-Paul Michel ( Placing Being before Itself,
2010). Born in London, he completed his B.A. Hons at the Victoria
University of Manchester, his M.A. at the University of Manitoba
and his Ph.D at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is
currently finishing books on contemporary French and Francophone
poetry, on Andr? du Bouchet with Victor Martinez, as well as a
translation of a selection of texts by Jean-Paul Michel. He resides
in Halifax, Canada.