Jean Portante

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jean Portante
Occupation	Luxembourger Writer
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1950(1950-12-19)
Age	74
Country	Luxembourg
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Jean Portante Biography

Jean Portante is one of the most popular and richest Luxembourger Writer who was born on December 19, 1950 in Luxembourg.

Jean Portante started to write when he was 33 years. Before, he studied in Nancy, France. In 1983, when he wrote his first book of poems, Fire and mud, he moved to Paris. He translated works by Juan Gelman and Gonzalo Rojas into French.

Translations (selection) La dernière traversée de la Manche, de Pierre Joris. Poèmes. Editions PHI, Luxembourg 1995 – Hiver clinique, de Ioana Craciunescu. Poèmes. Editions PHI, Luxembourg 1996 – L’épiphanie de l’alphabet, de Maria Luisa Spaziani, Editions PHI. Poèmes Luxembourg 1997 – La cathédrale en flammes, de Guy Rewenig. Roman. Editions du Castor Astral. Paris 1997 – Obscur ouvert, de Juan Gelman. Editions PHI. Poèmes. Luxembourg 1997 – Christ avec renard urbain, de John F. Deane, Editions PHI. Poèmes. Luxembourg 1999 – Poèmes quotidiens, de Esteban S. Cobas. Editions Indigo, Paris 1999 – La nuit avant de monter à bord, de Daniel Samoilovitch. Editions PHI. Poèmes. Luxembourg 2001 – Salaires de l’impie et autres poèmes, de Juan Gelman. Editions PHI. Poèmes. Luxembourg 2002 – Un nirvana cruel, de Jerome Rotheberg. Editions PHI. Poèmes. Luxembourg 2002 – L’illuminé, de Gonzalo Rojas. Editions Myriam Solal. Poèmes. Paris 2003 – Par dessus l’épaule du poème, de Milan Richter, traduction collective, dans le cadre des ateliers de traduction de la poésie contemporaine de l’IPW. Editions PHI, Luxembourg, 2005. – Travaux en vert, de Simona Popescu, traduction collective, dans le cadre des ateliers de traduction de la poésie contemporaine de l’IPW. Editions PHI, Luxembourg,

2007. – Hagen interroge Siegfried sur les oiseaux, de Hans D. Gräf, Editions Alidades, Paris, 2010 – Maria Mariosh, de Reina Maria Rodriguez. Ed. Horizontes insulares, Canaries, 2010 – Espace où tout est bord, de Aléxis Gómez Rosa, Ed, Horizontes Insulares, Canaries, 2010 – Une étrange odeur de monde, de Víctor Rodríguez Nuñez, Editions L’Oreille du loup, Paris, 2011 – L’Amant mondial, de Juan Gelman, Editions Caractères, Paris, 2012 – Pologne/1931 de Jerome Rothenberg, Editions Caractères, Paris, 2013 – Blues en seize, de Stefano Benni, Editions PHI, Luxembourg, 2013

Jean Portante Net Worth

Jean Portante is one of the richest Luxembourger Writer from Luxembourg. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jean Portante 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jean Portante (born 19 December 1950 in Differdange) is a Luxembourg writer who resides in Paris. He has written novels, stories, plays, journalistic articles and poetry, and has been widely translated.

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However, for Jean Portante, French is a language outside the dyad Italy–Luxembourg, a language learned, tamed, but which always remains to be conquered. Portante called it a “strange language” (the title of one of his collections which was awarded the French Prix Mallarmé in 2003).

Facts & Trivia

Jeffrey Ranked on the list of most popular Luxembourger Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Luxembourg. Jean Portante celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Jean Portante

1. Jean Portante is a Luxembourgish poet, novelist, and translator.
2. He was born on April 22, 1950 in Differdange, Luxembourg.
3. Portante has published over 30 books of poetry and prose.
4. He has won numerous literary awards including the Grand Prix Literaire de la Ville de Strasbourg.
5. Portante’s work has been translated into several languages including English, German, and Italian.
6. He is also a prolific translator of works from French and Italian into Luxembourgish.
7. In addition to his writing career, Portante has worked as a teacher and cultural journalist.
8. His poetry often explores themes of identity, memory, and language.
9. Portante is considered one of the most important contemporary writers in Luxembourgish literature.
10. He currently lives in Paris but frequently returns to Luxembourg for literary events.