CHOQUET, Marianne

CHOQUET, Marianne. (Dubuque, IA-- ). Choquet obtained a BA in English Literature from the University of Iowa and went on to travel, live and work around the world. While abroad, she acquired a Certificate de Lange Franciase from the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and an MA in Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Barcelona, where she will also defend her PhD dissertation in early 2013. (1)

Choquet speaks English, French, and Spanish, and translates from Catalan. She has worked for The Iowa Review, Dino De Laurentiis Films, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Metro magazine in Chicago, The Barcelona Review and A Creativity Workshop in Barcelona and Paris. A Spanish Ministry International Mobility Scholar, she was also a Visiting Scholar at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and an Erasmus Distinguished Foreign Visitor at the Josef Skvorecky Literary Academyin Prague, Czech Republic.

Choquet has lived and worked in Italy, France, Spain, Japan, Hong Kong, Austria, and Switzerland, and traveled extensively throughout the world. She has taught at the University of Barcelona, the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Barcelona Study Center, the well-renowned Writing School (Escola d’Escriptura) at the Ateneu Barcelonès, the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE, and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

She writes fiction and non-fiction, and her scholarly work has been published in Canada and Spain.

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Source:

1. "Marianne Choquet," Online. http://www.juliensjournal.com/SteppingOut/EventsCalendar/tabid/67/mid/463/itemid/873/ctl/Details/ShowNav/False/dnnprintmode/true/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]Skins%2F_default%2FNo+Skin&ContainerSrc=[G]Containers%2F_default%2FNo+Container