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Helen Weaver (June 18, 1931 – April 13, 2021) was an American writer and translator. She translated over fifty books from French. Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings was a Finalist for the National Book Award in translation in 1977.
Weaver was the general editor, a contributor and a translator for the Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology (1980). (1980). 9780070072442, McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780070072442 Based on (1977). 9782030754771, Larousse. ISBN 9782030754771 In 2001 she published The Daisy Sutra, a book on animal communication. In 2009 Weaver published The Awakener: A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties. Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) was a prominent writer and poet of the Beat Generation. In her review in The New York Times, Tara McKelvey wrote "Kerouac’s soul lives on through many people — Joyce Johnson, for one — but few have been as adept as Weaver at capturing both him and the New York bohemia of the time. He was lucky to have met her."
In 1956 she met the writer Jack Kerouac, and they fell in love. Although the relationship did not last, it was immortalised in books written by both of them. Weaver often received drunken phone calls from Kerouac after they had parted. She would always tell him to phone back in the morning, but he never did. However, she made notes of what was said in every call, and collected clippings about him. Eventually she compiled everything into the book The Awakener: A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties.
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