Carol Cosman

Carol Cosman (1943-2020) translated works by Milan Kundera, Georges Simenon, Victor Hugo, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Restif de la Bretonne, and many others. She was a fiction editor at The New Yorker and, for her translations, was awarded the French-American Foundation, Scott Moncrieff, and ASCAP Deems Taylor prizes. She was made a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.

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