Edouard Roditi

Édouard Roditi (Paris, 6 June 6, 1910 –May 10, 1992) was a Paris-born American, poet, short-story writer and translator.

=Life== Roditi was born in Paris to Turkish Sephardic Jewish parents. His father, a native of Istanbul, was an American citizen.

Roditi studied in France, England, Germany and the United States. He published several volumes of poetry, short stories, and art criticism. He was also well regarded as a translator, and translated into English original works from French, German, Spanish, Danish and Turkish.

In 1961, Roditi translated Yaşar Kemal's epic novel İnce Memed (1955) under the English title Memed, My Hawk. This book was instrumental in introducing the famed Turkish writer to the English-speaking world. Memed, My Hawk is still in print.

In addition to his poetry and translations, Roditi is perhaps best remembered for the numerous interviews he conducted with modernist artists, including Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Oskar Kokoschka, Philippe Derome and Hannah Höch. Several of these have been assembled in the collection Dialogues on Art.