Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 100 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 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). She is also a contributor to Words Without Borders. She lives in Kent, England. In 2017, she became the English translator for new comic albums in the Asterix series.
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Five Photos of My Wife
Cinq photos de ma femme by Agnès Desarthe
English · Flamingo · 2001
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Good Intentions
Les bonnes intentions by Agnès Desarthe
English · Flamingo · 2002
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Chez Moi
Mangez-moi by Agnès Desarthe
English · Portobello Books · 2009
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The Foundling
Dans la nuit brune by Agnès Desarthe
English · Portobello Books · 2012
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The Red Collar
Le Collier rouge by Jean-Christophe Rufin
English · Europa Editions · 2015
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They Say Sarah
Ça raconte Sarah by Pauline Delabroy-Allard
English · Other Press · 2020
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This Little Family
Le Malheur du bas by Inès Bayard
English · Other Press · 2020
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I Remember Fallujah
Je me souviens de Falloujah by Feurat Alani
English · Other Press · 2024
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Blast
Un monde à refaire by Claire Deya
English · Other Press · 2025
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