Patrick Honnoré was born in Martigues, France. Hestudied modern literature at Provence University in France to receive an MA in 1988. After that he went to Japan to study comparative sociology at the University of Tokyo. After working for private companies and the Haitian Embassy, he is now engaged in translating Japanese fiction into French as a freelance translator. He has translated Dogra Magra by Kyusaku Yumeno, and Histoire d'un squelette by Eiki Matayoshi.