# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henri-meschonnic
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:27:32.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henri-meschonnic"
name: "Henri Meschonnic"
slug: "henri-meschonnic"
description: "Henri Meschonnic was a French poet, linguist, essayist and translator. He is remembered today as both a theoretician of language and as a translator of the Old Testament. The 710-page Critique du rythme, probably remains his most famous theoretical work. As a translator of the Old Testament he published many volumes, including Les cinq rouleaux in 1970 ; Jona et le signifiant errant in 1998 (Jonah); Gloires in 2000 (Psalms); Au commencement in 2002 (Genesis); Les Noms in 2003 (Exodus); Et il a appelé in 2005 (Leviticus); and Dans le désert in 2008 (Numbers)."
tagline: "French writer and linguist (1932–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri_Meschonnic.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-09-18"
deathDate: "2009-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump