Emmanuel Hocquard was a French poet, essayist and novelist. His works in English translation include The Invention of Glass (Canarium, 2012) and Theory of Tables (O-blek, 1994). Hocquard translated works by poets including Charles Reznikoff, Michael Palmer and Fernando Pessoa.

Rosmarie Waldrop is a prolific German-American poet, novelist, essayist and translator. Her most recent book is The Nick of Time (New Directions, 2021). Waldrop has translated writers including Edmond Jabès, Jacques Roubaud and Paul Celan. She is co-editor and publisher of Burning Deck Press. In 2021 she was awarded the America Award in Literature.