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Georges Darien (1862-1921) was a writer and noted anarchist. He directed the anarchist weekly periodical L'Escarmouche in the late nineteenth century. His novels have served as the source material for several films, most notably Louis Malle's The Thief of Paris, adapted from Darien's The Thief.
Jacques Houis is a translator, writer, editor, and former teacher in New York City. His translations include Paul Scarron's The Comic Romance, Paolo Mieli's Figures of Space, and Jean-Pierre Cléro's Lacan and the English Language.
André Breton (1896-1966) was a writer and cofounder of the French surrealist movement. With Philippe Soupault, he coauthored the first book of automatic writing, The Magnetic Fields, which was published in a new translation by NYRB Poets in 2020.
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