More congratulations in order this week for Cole Swensen and Jeffrey Zuckerman!
The French-American Foundation prize awards English translations of French works of fiction and nonfiction. Both translators have been announced as Translation Prize finalists for their translations of Jean Frémon’s Now, Now, Louison and Ananda Devi’s The Living Days, respectively.
This year will be the 33rd Annual Translation Prize and the winning translator in each category will be announced on May 6, 2020.
‘The translator, Cole Swensen, is a poet, and this shows through in the translation. I ached with a kind of nostalgia while I was reading this book … there is nothing odd or affected about the translation: it’s simply an immense achievement on the part of the translator, that the translation communicates the language as if through a lens.’ — Helen Vassalo on Now, Now, Louison for Translating Women
’Jeffrey Zuckerman’s translation is perfect in its power and precision, a magnificent gem.’ – Jennifer Croft on The Living Days