Adriana Hunter
Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating more than 50 French novels, such as Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb or The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa. In 2011 she won the Scott Moncrieff Prize[1][2][3] for her translation of Véronique Olmi's Beside the Sea. She has been short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2003. She is also a contributor to Words Without Borders.[4] She lives in Norfolk, England.
Translations from the French
The dates refer to the publication of the English translation.
- The Disappearance: A Primer of Loss by Geneviève Jurgensen (2000).
- Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb (2002).
- 9.99: A Novel by Frédéric Beigbeder (2002).
- Good Intentions by Agnès Desarthe (2002).
- Death in the Dordogne by Louis Sanders (2002).
- The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa (2003).
- The Englishman's Wife by Louis Sanders (2003).
- The Sexual Life of Catherine M by Catherine Millet (2003).
- How I became Stupid by Martin Page (2004).
- Holy Smoke by Tonino Benacquista (2004).
- Grey Souls by Philippe Claudel (2005).
- Someone Else by Tonino Benacquista (2005).
- UV by Serge Joncour (2005).
- Framed by Tonino Benacquista (2006).
- The Woman in the Row Behind by Francoise Dorner (2006).
- The Unforeseen by Christian Oster (2007).
- Death of an Ancient King by Laurent Gaudé (2007).
- Kick the Animal Out by Véronique Ovaldé (2007).
- When I Was a Soldier by Valérie Zenatti (2007).
- A Bottle in the Gaza Sea by Valérie Zenatti (2008).
- Chez Moi by Agnès Desarthe (2008).
- Eldorado by Laurent Gaudé (2008).
- Noir: A Novel by Olivier Pauvert (2008).
- Five Photos of My Wife by Agnès Desarthe (2008).
- Alexander and Alestria: A Novel by Shan Sa (2009).
- And My See-through Heart by Véronique Ovaldé (2009).
- Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie (2010).
- In the Train by Christian Oster (2010).
- Where We Going, Daddy?: Life with Two Sons Unlike Any Others by Jean-Louis Fournier (2010).
- Enough about Love by Hervé Le Tellier (2011).
- Beside the Sea by Véronique Olmi (2012).
- Climates by André Maurois (2012).
- The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women by Elisabeth Badinter (2012).
- Life Is Short and Desire Endless by Patrick Lapeyre (2012).
- Balzac's Omelette: A delicious tour of French food and culture with Honore de Balzac by Ankha Muhlstein (2012).
- The Crab and the Lamb by Manu Cornet (2012).
- The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur by Jean-Claude Ellena (2013).
- The Foundling by Agnès Desarthe (2013).
- Two Small Footprints in Wet Sand: A Mother's Memoir by Anne-Dauphine Julliand (2013).
- Under the Tripoli Sky by Kamal Ben Hameda (2013).
- Electrico W by Hervé Le Tellier (2013).
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