Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an

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and writer. Born in

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in the west of Ireland, he worked as a comics editor at

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and later at comic magazine ''

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''. He worked for a time at

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before becoming a literary translator. He has translated many authors including

Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq (; born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer ...

Boualem Sansal Boualem Sansal ( ar, بوعلام صنصال; born 15 October 1949) is an Algerian author. In 2012, he was named winner of the Prix du roman arabe, but the prize money was withdrawn due to Sansal's visit to Israel to speak at the Jerusalem Writ ...

Frédéric Beigbeder Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel ''Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book ''Un roman françai ...

and the late Ivoirian novelist

Ahmadou Kourouma Ahmadou Kourouma (24 November 1927 – 11 December 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. Life The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire. Raised by his uncle, he initially pursue ...

. He has twice jointly won the

International Dublin Literary Award The International Dublin Literary Award ( ga, Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. ...

: with Houellebecq for ''

Atomised ''Atomised'', also known as ''The Elementary Particles'' (french: Les Particules élémentaires), is a novel by the French author Michel Houellebecq, published in France in 1998. It tells the story of two half-brothers, Michel and Bruno, and ...

'' (his translation of ''Les Particules élémentaires''); and with Alice Zeniter for ''The Art of Losing'' (his translation of ''L'Art de Perdre''). His translation of Frédéric Beigbeder's ''

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'', a novel set in the twin towers of the

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in New York during the

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, won the 2005

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. Notably, he is a two-time winner of both the

Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize The Scott Moncrieff Prize, named after the translator C. K. Scott Moncrieff, is an annual £2,000 literary prize for French to English translation, awarded to one or more translators every year for a full-length work deemed by the Translators As ...

for translation from the French (in 2008 for Frédéric Beigbeder's ''Holiday in a Coma'' and ''Love Lasts Three Years'' and in 2015 for Boualem Sansal's ''Harraga'') and the Premio Valle Inclán for Spanish Translation (in 2011 for Marcelo Figueras's ''Kamchatka'' and in 2013 for Alonso Cueto's ''The Blue Hour''). His book, ''I Was Vermeer'', a biography of

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, was published by

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in August 2006 and serialised as the

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"Book of the Week" (read by

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) in August 2006. He has edited two major anthologies for

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, ''Found in Translation: 100 of the finest stories every translated'', (2018) and the ''QUEER: LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday'' (2021) In 2021, it wa
announced that he would be the Chair of the judging panel
of the 2022

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- the first time a translator has chaired the panel.

Selected translations

* ''

'' by

* ''

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'' by

(adapted by Carnal Acts for the

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(ICA)) * ''Lanzarote'' by

* ''The Patagonian Hare : A Memoir'' by

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(shortlisted for the 2013 French-American Florence Gould Translation Prize) * ''An Unfinished Business'' (published in the US as ''The German Mudjahid'') by

* ''The Frozen Heart'' by

Almudena Grandes María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a Spanish writer. Author of 13 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won t ...

* ''The Blue Hour'' by

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(shortlisted for the 2013

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) * ''What the Day Owes the Night'' by

Yasmina Khadra Mohammed Moulessehoul ( ar, محمد مولسهول; born January 10, 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra ( ar, ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algeri ...

* ''Kamchatka'' by

Marcelo Figueras Marcelo Figueras (born 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a writer and a screenwriter. Novels * ''El muchacho peronista'' * ''El espía del tiempo,'' (2002) * ''Kamchatka,'' 2003 (published in English in 2010 translated by Frank Wynne) * ''La b ...

* ''

Journey to the Centre of the Earth ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...

'' by

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

* ''

'' by Frédéric Beigbeder * ''Mammals'' by Pierre Mérot * ''

Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote ''Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote'' (French: ''En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages'') is a satirical French-language novel by the Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma, published in 1998. It was first translated as ''Waiting for the Vote of th ...

'' by

* ''Allah is Not Obliged'' by

* ''The Little Book of Philosophy'' by André Comte-Sponville * ''Working Knowledge'' by Petr Král * ''Forever Nude'' by

Guy Goffette Guy Gofete (born 18 April 1947) is a Belgian-born poet and writer. Gofete published his first book of poems in 1969. Since then he has worked as an editor at the publishing company Gallimard. Gofete's poetry has been compared to Verlaine (of wh ...

* ''Banquet of Lies'' by Amin Zaoui * ''Somewhere in a Desert'' by Dominique Sigaud (a ''

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'' notable book) * ''In the Beginning Was the Sea'' by Tomás González * '' Liveforever'' by

Andrés Caicedo Luis Andrés Caicedo Estela (29 September 1951 – 4 March 1977) was a Colombian writer born in Cali, the city where he would spend most of his life. Despite his premature death, his works are considered to be some of the most original produce ...

* ''Vernon Subutex 1'' by

Virginie Despentes Virginie Despentes (; born 13 June 1969) is a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker. She is known for her work exploring gender, sexuality, and people who live in poverty or other marginalised conditions. Work Despentes' work is an inventory of ...

(shortlisted for the

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2018) * ''The Impostor'' by

Javier Cercas Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962 in Ibahernando) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. He was born in Ibahernando, Cáceres, Spain. He is a frequent contributor to the Catalan edition of '' ...

(longlisted for the

2018) * ''The Great Swindle'' (2015) 'Au revoir là-haut''by

Pierre Lemaitre Pierre Lemaitre (born 19 April 1951) is a Prix Goncourt-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven. His first novel to be translated int ...

* '' Among the Lost'' (2018) 'Las tierras arrasadas''by Emiliano Monge * ''Animalia'' (2019) 'Règne animal''by

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo Jean-Baptiste Garcia (born 25 November 1981), known by the pen name Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, is a French writer. He was born in Toulouse. Selected works * ''Ne rien faire et autres nouvelles'' (2006). * ''Une éducation libertine'' (2008). ''A Libe ...

* ''The Art of Losing'' (2021) 'L'Art de Perdre''by Alice Zeniter

Awards

* 2022: Winner of the

for the translation of “the Art of Losing“, by Alice Zeniter * 2020: Winner of the

Republic of Consciousness Prize The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses is an annual British literary prize founded by the author Neil Griffiths. It rewards fiction published by UK and Irish small presses, defined as those with fewer than five full-time employees ...

for the translation of "Animalia" by Jean-Baptiste del Amo * 2016: Winner of the

Scott Moncrieff Prize The Scott Moncrieff Prize, named after the translator C. K. Scott Moncrieff, is an annual £2,000 literary prize for French to English translation, awarded to one or more translators every year for a full-length work deemed by the Translators Asso ...

for the translation of ''Harraga'' by

* 2015: Winner of the

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for the translation of ''Camille'' by

* 2014: Winner of the

for the translation of ''The Siege'' by

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* 2014: Winner of the

Premio Valle-Inclán The Premio Valle-Inclán is a literary translation prize. It is awarded by the Society of Authors (London) for the best English translation of a work of Spanish literature. It is named after Ramón del Valle-Inclán. The prize money is GBP £2,000. ...

for the translation of ''The Blue Hour'' by

* 2013: Joint Winner of the

for the translation of ''Alex'' by

* 2012: Winner of the

for the translation of ''Kamchatka'' by

* 2008: Winner of the

for the translation of ''Holiday in a Coma'' and ''Love Lasts Three Years'' by

* 2005: Winner of the

for ''Windows on the World'' by Frédéric Beigbeger * 2002: Winner of the

for ''Atomised by Michel Houellebecq

References

External links

Frank Wynne

Michel Houellebecq

S.N.O.B. Site Non Officiel de Frédéric Beigbeder

Allah is Not Obliged

Honorary Members of the Irish Translators and Interpreters Association

Vernon Subutex book site in English
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