Emile Capouya was an essayist, critic, and writer. Capouya studied at Columbia University in New York City and started his working life at New Directions. From 1969–1981 he was publisher at The Nation and wrote for The New American Review, The New York Times and The Saturday Review. Capouya published the work of Ezra Pound, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre and James Joyce.
