Emile Capouya


Emile Capouya was an American essayist, critic, and writer.

Life

Capouya studied at Columbia University in New York City and started his working life at New Directions. From 1969-1981 he was publisher at The Nation and wrote for The New American Review, The New York Times and The Saturday Review. Capouya published the work of Ezra Pound, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre and James Joyce.
In 1993 he published his first book of short stories, In the Sparrow Hills, a compilation of stories based on his time with in World War II. It won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction.
In 1968, he married Keitha Capouya who is a publisher. Keitha was the founder of New Amsterdam Books.

Literature