Linda Coverdale is a literary translator from French. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has a Ph.D in French Literature. She has translated into English more than 60 works by such authors as Roland Barthes, Emmanuel Carrère, Patrick Chamoiseau, Maryse Condé, Marie Darrieussecq, Jean Echenoz, Annie Ernaux, Sébastien Japrisot, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Philippe Labro, Yann Queffélec, Jorge Semprún, Lyonel Trouillot, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Jean Hartzfeld, Sylvain Tesson and Marguerite Duras.
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The Children of Segu
Ségou: la terre en miettes by Maryse Condé
English · Ballantine · 1989
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A frozen woman
La Femme gelée by Annie Ernaux
English · Seven Stories Press · 1996
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The Lecture
La Conférence de Cintegabelle by Lydie Salvayre
English · Dalkey Archive Press · 2005
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The Grain of the Voice: Interviews 1962-1980
Le Grain de la Voix : Entretiens, 1962-1980 by Roland Barthes
English · Northwestern University Press · 2009
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Compulsory Happiness
Fericirea obligatorie by Norman Manea
English · Yale University Press · 2012
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The Fifth Impossibility Essays On Exile And Language
Despre clovni: Dictatorul și artistul by Norman Manea
English · Yale University Press · 2012
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The Punishment
La punition by Tahar Ben Jelloun
English · Yale University Press · 2020
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Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak
Dans le nu de la vie: récits des marais rwandais by Jean Hatzfeld
English · Other Press · 2025
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