Patrick Honnoré was born in Martigues, France. He studied modern literature at the University of Provence in France and received an MA in 1988. After that he came to Japan to study comparative sociology at the University of Tokyo. After working for private companies and the Embassy of Haiti, he is now engaged in translating Japanese fiction into French as a freelance translator. He has translated Dogra Magra by Kyusaku Yumeno, Histoired'un squelette by Eiki Matayoshi and God's Boat by Kaori Ekuni for JLPP.