Alain Borer is a French poet and writer. He has been a Professor at the L'École supérieure des beaux-arts de Tours since 1979, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 2005. He currently resides in the French town of Chaumussay, in Touraine. In 2008, he was awarded the prestigious 70th Apollinaire prize for Icare & I don't (Seuil)