French-American Translation Prize Finalists
I can’t find it on their website, but the French-American Foundation recently announced the finalists for their annual Translation Awards. These awards, which are co-sponsored by the Florence Gould Foundation, are given out to the best French translations in both fiction and non-fiction published in the past year. The winners will be announced at an award ceremony on May 26th.
Here are the fiction finalists:
- Alison Anderson for by Muriel Barbery
- John Cullen for by Stéphane Audeguy
- Jody Gladding and Elizabeth Deshays for by Pierre Michon
- Douglas Parmée for by Guy de Maupassant
- Julie Rose for by Victor Hugo
- Roger Whitehouse for by Emile Zola
And for non-fiction:
- Ryan Bloom for by Albert Camus
- Matthew Cobb and Malcolm Debevoise for by Michel Morange
- Janet Lloyd for Comparing the Incomparable by Marcel Detienne
- Jeremy Mercer for Abolition by Robert Badinter
- Richard A. Rand for by Jean-Luc Nancy
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