Kit Schluter

Kit Schluter
Kit Schluter
Education	Brown University
Occupations	Writer, translator, designer, and publisher
	Writing career
Language	English, Spanish, French, Occitan
Genres	Poetry, fiction
Notable work	Cartoons
Website	kitschluter.com

Kit Schluter is a writer, translator, designer and publisher. He is the author of the poetry collection Pierrot's Fingernails, as well as Cartoons, a book of stories and drawings published by City Lights. He oversees design at Nightboat Books and has lived in Mexico City since 2017.

Work

An MFA graduate of Brown University, Schluter has translated works by Marcel Schwob, Copi, and Rafael Bernal, among others. Interviews and excerpts have appeared in The Baffler, BOMB, The Paris Review, The Brooklyn Rail, New York Tyrant, Frieze, Boston Review, and more.

Bibliography

Translated volumes

City of Rats by Copi (2026). New Directions ISBN 978-0811238373
Nothing at All by Olivia Tapiero (2026). Nightboat Books ISBN 978-1643622989
Lantana or, the Indissoluble Exhalation by bruno darío (2025). Ugly Duckling Presse ISBN 978-1946604163
The Queens Ball by Copi (2025). Inpatient Press ISBN 978-1965874028
Insistence as a Fine Art by Enrique Vila-Matas (2024). Hanuman Books ISBN 979-8990416505
Phototaxis by Olivia Tapiero (2021). Nightboat Books ISBN 978-1643621111
His Name Was Death by Rafael Bernal (2021). New Directions ISBN 978-0811230834
The Children's Crusade by Marcel Schwob (2018). Wakefield Press ISBN 978-1939663351
The King in the Golden Mask by Marcel Schwob (2017). Wakefield Press ISBN 978-1939663238
The Book of Monelle by Marcel Schwob (2012). Wakefield Press ISBN 978-0984115587

Books

Cartoons (2024). City Lights ISBN 978-0872869288
Pierrot's Fingernails (2020). Canarium ISBN 978-1734481617

References

1 2 "Decadent Prose: An Interview with translator Kit Schluter". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
1 2 "Kit Schluter". The Baffler. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
1 2 "Katie Ebbitt interviews Kit Schluter". BOMB. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
↑ "NEA Grant Page". National Endowment of the Arts. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
↑ "Poetry Foundation". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
↑ "four poems". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
↑ "A Story Narrated By The Boy Who Collects Flies On His Face". New York Tyrant. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
↑ "On Santiago Sierra". Frieze. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
↑ "Kit Schluter". Boston Review. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

External links

Official website

[:1-1] 1 2 "Decadent Prose: An Interview with translator Kit Schluter". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[:2-2] 1 2 "Kit Schluter". The Baffler. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[:4-3] 1 2 "Katie Ebbitt interviews Kit Schluter". BOMB. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[:3-4] "NEA Grant Page". National Endowment of the Arts. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[:6-5] "Poetry Foundation". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[:5-6] "four poems". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[:7-7] "A Story Narrated By The Boy Who Collects Flies On His Face". New York Tyrant. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[:8-8] "On Santiago Sierra". Frieze. Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[:9-9] "Kit Schluter". Boston Review. Retrieved 2026-05-18.