Vincent BROQUA

Vincent Broqua is a writer and translator. He works with text, video and narrative for a politics of gaiety. He writes in French and English. Vincent Broqua teaches in the MA in Literary Creation at University Paris 8, where he is a professor of North American arts and literature. With Abigail Lang and Olivier Brossard, he co-curates the Double Change and the Poets and Critics series

His book Photocall, projet d'attendrissement was awarded the 2021 Prize for gay novel/poetry in France. Recovery, translated by Cole Swensen, was published this year by Pamenar PressOther books include: Récupérer (2025), La langue du garçon (2023), Et là je me mets en danseuse (with Anne Portugal, 2025), Au telephone avec Jacques (2025), Gaiamen (2025). 

He is a translator of many poets & writers, such as Caroline Bergvall, Jim Dine, Thalia Field, Kevin Killian, Monica de la Torre, Karen Sandhu, Layli Long Soldier, Tracie Morris, Redell Olsen, and Anne Waldman. 

2026 Events
Experiments in Translation. A Conversation
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