What is Haakon Chevalier?
'''Haakon Maurice Chevalier''' (September 10, 1901 – July 4, 1985) was an [[United States|American]] [[author]], [[translator]], and professor of [[French literature]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] best known for his friendship with [[physicist]] [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], whom he met at [[Berkeley, California]] in 1937. He translated many works by [[Salvador Dalí]], [[André Malraux]], [[Vladimir Salomonovitch Pozner|Vladimir Pozner]], [[Louis Aragon]], [[Frantz Fanon]] and [[Victor Vasarely]] into [[English language|English]]. Chevalier was born on September 10, 1901 in [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood Township]], [[New Jersey]] and died on July 4, 1985 in [[Paris]] at the age of 83. {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chevalier, Haakon}} [[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]] [[Category:American translators]] [[Category:Writers from New Jersey]]