Vincent Bardet

Born in 1947 in Clermont-Ferrand, Vincent Bardet grew up in the Paris region and graduated in philosophy from the Institut d’Études Politiques and the Université de Nanterre. Translator and essayist, occasionally a poet, Bardet worked at Éditions de Seuil from 1980 to 2008. A devout Zen Buddhist, Bardet helped to introduce this spiritual tradition to France through translations and introductory works.