Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2025) Winner
Jeffrey Zuckerman
ジェフリー・ザッカーマン
Jefurī Zakkāman
Aliases:
Jeffrey M. Zuckerman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1987 （St. Louis, Missouri）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, French
- Residence History
- New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Translator
- Active Years
- 2014-2025
- Nominations
- Best Translated Book Award shortlist (Eve Out of Her Ruins), Albertine Prize shortlist (Eve Out of Her Ruins), TA First Translation Prize shortlist (Eve Out of Her Ruins), French-American Foundation Translation Prize shortlist (The Living Days)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CLMP Firecracker Award | Eve Out of Her Ruins | Fiction | Community of Literary Magazines and Presses | Winner |
| 2020 | Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres | — | — | French government | 受賞 |
CLMP Firecracker Award
2016
Work:
Eve Out of Her Ruins
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
Result:
Winner
Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2020
Organization:
French government
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Eve Out of Her Ruins
2006 FictionA novel depicting the harsh realities of girls in Mauritius.
PovertyIdentity
The Living Days
FictionAnother work by Ananda Devi.
Now the Night Begins
FictionBibliography
- Nothing Belongs to You
- Interior
- The Criminal Child
- Written in Invisible Ink
- Silence of the Chagos
- Pina
Translations by Author
- Multiple works by Ananda Devi
- Works by Hervé Guibert
- Works by Shenaz Patel
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Specialist in translating French literature
Legacy
Known as a translator of contemporary fiction from mainland France and overseas territories like Mauritius, as well as queer canon texts.
Quotes
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I translated the first few pages practically as I read them, and then emailed Ananda Devi out of nowhere, asking if there was any chance she might consider letting me translate this book into English. She said yes, and, well, the rest is history.
Source: Vol. 1 Brooklyn interview (2016)