Helen Weaver
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| - | '''Helen Weaver''' (born 1931, [[Madison, Wisconsin]]) is an American writer and translator. She has translated over fifty books from French. ''Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings'' was a Finalist for the [[National Book Award]] in translation in 1977. | + | '''Helen Weaver''' (born 1931, [[Madison, Wisconsin]]) is an [[American writer]] and translator. She has translated over fifty books from French. ''[[Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings]]'' was a Finalist for the [[National Book Award]] in translation in 1977. |
| Weaver is the general editor, a contributor and a translator for the ''Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology'' (1980). In 2001 she published ''The Daisy Sutra'', a book on animal communication. In 2009 Weaver published ''The Awakener: A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties''. [[Jack Kerouac]] (1922–1969) was a prominent writer and poet of the [[Beat Generation]]; his best known work is likely the novel ''[[On the Road]]'' (1957). In her review in ''The New York Times'', [[Tara McKelvey]] wrote "Kerouac’s soul lives on through many people — [[Joyce Johnson]], for one — but few have been as adept as Weaver at capturing both him and the New York bohemia of the time. He was lucky to have met her." | Weaver is the general editor, a contributor and a translator for the ''Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology'' (1980). In 2001 she published ''The Daisy Sutra'', a book on animal communication. In 2009 Weaver published ''The Awakener: A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties''. [[Jack Kerouac]] (1922–1969) was a prominent writer and poet of the [[Beat Generation]]; his best known work is likely the novel ''[[On the Road]]'' (1957). In her review in ''The New York Times'', [[Tara McKelvey]] wrote "Kerouac’s soul lives on through many people — [[Joyce Johnson]], for one — but few have been as adept as Weaver at capturing both him and the New York bohemia of the time. He was lucky to have met her." | ||
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"I deny baptism and the mass. There is no human act, on the internal erotic level, more pernicious than the descent of the so-called jesus-christ onto the altars. [...] No one will believe me and I can see the public shrugging its shoulders but the so-called christ is none other than he who in the presence of the crab louse god consented to live without a body..."
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Helen Weaver (born 1931, Madison, Wisconsin) is an American writer and translator. She has translated over fifty books from French. Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings was a Finalist for the National Book Award in translation in 1977.
Weaver is the general editor, a contributor and a translator for the Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology (1980). In 2001 she published The Daisy Sutra, a book on animal communication. In 2009 Weaver published The Awakener: A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties. Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) was a prominent writer and poet of the Beat Generation; his best known work is likely the novel On the Road (1957). In her review in The New York Times, Tara McKelvey wrote "Kerouac’s soul lives on through many people — Joyce Johnson, for one — but few have been as adept as Weaver at capturing both him and the New York bohemia of the time. He was lucky to have met her."
