Peter Valente
is a writer, translator, and filmmaker. He is the author of twenty-three full length books. His translation of Nanni Balestrini’s Blackout (Commune Editions, 2017) received a Publisher’s Weekly starred review. Recent books include, a translation of Gérard de Nerval, The Illuminated (Wakefield Press, 2022), a translation of Artaud’s notebooks, The True Story of Jesus-Christ: Three Notebooks from Ivry (August 1947) (Infinity Land, 2023), The New Revelations of Being & Other Mystical Writings by Antonin Artaud (Infinity Land Press, 2023), his translation of Nicolas Pages by Guillaume Dustan (Semiotext(e), 2023)) and a book he edited on the work of the filmmaker Harry Smith, The Occult Harry Smith: The Magical & Alchemical Work of an Artist of the Extremes (Inner Traditions, 2025). Forthcoming is his Selected Essays (2019-2023) (Punctum books, 2026) and a book he edited, The World of Cecil Taylor (New York: (SUNY press, 2026) Twenty-Four of his short films have been shown at Anthology Film Archives.