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Sandra Smith
Translation (Non-Fiction: French)
- Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky (Chatto & Windus
2006)
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Published translations:
- 'Suite Francaise', 'David Golder', 'Le Bal', 'Snow in Autumn', 'The Courilof Affair', 'Fire in the Blood', 'All Our Worldly Goods', 'The Dogs and the Wolves', all by Irène Némirovsky, Chatto & Windus and Vintage UK
- Irène Némirovsky: Woman of Letters (Contributor), Five Ties Publications, NY.
- She is currently translating three more works by the same author that will be published between 2010 - 2012
Forthcoming publications:
- 'The Life of Irène Némirovsky' by Lienhardt and Philipponnat, translated by Euan Cameron (Contributor), Chatto & Windus, 1 March 2010
- 'Jezebel', by Irène Némirovsky, Vintage UK, 1 July 2010
Literary/Translation Prizes for Suite
française:
- Winner of the Pen Book of the Month Club Translation Prize (USA) 2007
- Winner of the French-American Florence Gould Foundation Translation Prize (USA) 2007
- The Quill Award, USA, shortlisted for Book of the Year 2006, General Fiction category. (The only book in translation shortlisted.)
- Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize for Fiction 2006. Shortlisted.
- Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize for Fiction 2006. Shortlisted.
- British Book Awards: Border's Book of the Year 2006. Shortlisted.
- The Oxford Weidenfeld Prize for French Translation. Shortlisted.
Winner to be announced 6 June 2007.
- Independent Newspaper Foreign Fiction Prize: only open to living
authors, so ineligible, but awarded a 'Special Commendation'
by the panel 19 January 2007.
Biography
Sandra Smith was born and raised in New York City. As an undergraduate, she spent one year studying at the Sorbonne and fell in love with Paris. Immediately after finishing her BA, she was accepted to do a Master's Degree at New York University, in conjunction with the Sorbonne, and so lived in Paris for another year. After completing her MA, she moved to Cambridge, where she began supervising in 20th Century French Literature, Modern French Drama and Translation at the University. Soon afterwards, she was accepted to study for a PhD at Clare College, researching the Surrealist Theatre in France between the two World Wars. Sandra Smith is a Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, where she continues to teach French Literature and Language.
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