The Temptation to Exist
E. M. Cioranleft his native land of Romania for Paris in the late 1930s, where he lived and wrote until his death in 1995. His many books includeAnathemas and Admirations,  A Short History of Decay, andThe Trouble with Being Born.Richard Howard is the author of eleven books of poetry, includingUntitled Subjects, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970. He is the translator for more than 150 works from the French language. He received the American Book Award for his translation of Charles Baudelaire’sLes Fleurs du Mal.