Adriana Hunter

Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb or The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa. She has been short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize twice. In 2011 she won the Scott Moncrieff Prize[1][2][3] for her translation of Véronique Olmi's Beside the Sea. In 2013, she won the 27th Annual Translation Prize founded by the French-American Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation for her translation of Electrico W by Hervé Le Tellier (2013).[4] She is also a contributor to Words Without Borders.[5] She lives in Kent, England.[6] In 2017, she became the English translator for new comic albums in the Asterix series.[7]

Translations from 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 Françoise 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).
• Holy Smoke by Tonino Benacquista (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).
• Chez Moi by Agnès Desarthe (2013).
• The Red Collar by Jean-Christophe Rufin (2015).
• Reader for Hire by Raymond Jean (2015).
• Her Father's Daughter by Marie Sizun (2016).
• The Passion of Mademoiselle S. by Jean-Yves Berthault (2016).
• The Gardens of Consolation by Parisa Reza (2017).
• The Pen and the Brush by Anka Muhlstein (2017).
• Who You Think I Am by Camille Laurens (2017).
• Asterix and the Chariot Race by Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad (2017).

References

1. Scott Moncrieff Prize award ceremony on YouTube
2. "Pereine Press's Awards page mentioning the Scott Moncrief 2011 award". Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
3. Times Literary Supplement article about 2011 translation prize winners
4. "French-American Foundation interview of Adriana Hunter". Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
5. Contributor page on Words Without Borders's site
6. "Adriana Hunter". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
7. Jean-Yves, Ferri (2 November 2017). Asterix and the Chariot Race. Conrad, Didier,, Goscinny, 1926-1977,, Uderzo,, Hunter, Adriana,, Mébarki, Thierry. London. pp. Credits. ISBN 9781510104013. OCLC 1010937958.

External links

• Interview by Tony Perez in Tin House