Albertine Translation Fund 2024 Session #2 – Grantees Announced
Books & Ideas
Villa Albertine and the Albertine Foundation are happy to announce the recipients of the second session of the Albertine Translation program for 2024.
Albertine Translation supports emerging trends across various categories, including fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, and comics. The program values both the original work and its translation. Each book listed below will receive financial assistance: $2,000 for publishing costs, along with an additional contribution covering 50% of the translation costs, up to a maximum of $5,000.
2024 Second Session List of Grantees
Saharienne Indigo by Tierno Monenembo (Seuil / Schaffner Press), translation by Ryan M. Chamberlain
Ultramarins by Mariette Navarro (Quidam / Deep Vellum), translation by Eve Hill-Agnus
Triste Tigre by Neige Sinno (P.O.L. / Seven Stories Press), translation by Natasha Lehrer
Vivre ta lumière by Abdellah Taïa (Seuil / Seven Stories Press), translation by Emma Ramadan
Pourquoi la guerre ? by Frédéric Gros (Albin Michel / Verso Books), translation by Gregory Elliott
Pouvoirs de la lecture by Peter Szendy (La Découverte / Zone Books), translation by Olivia Custer
La dernière histoire juive by Michel Wieviorka (Denoël / Polity Press), translation by Cory Stockwell
French Ecology, collectif (Editions Wildproject), translation by Georgia Lyon Froman*
La main de la main by Laura Vazquez (Cheyne / Ugly Duckling Press), translation by Shira Abramovich and Lenaïg Cariou
*English translation rights available and seeking an American publisher
The list of grantees from the first session is available HERE
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Albertine Foundation
Previously known as FACE Foundation, Albertine Foundation is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting French-American relations through innovative cultural and educational projects. In close partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and its arts institution Villa Albertine, Albertine Foundation promotes artistic, literary, and educational exchange and collaboration between creative professionals from both countries thanks to corporate, foundation, and individual support.
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Florence Gould Foundation
The Florence Gould Foundation is devoted to French-American exchange and friendship. It has provided critical and longstanding support to enable the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and its partner FACE Foundation to foster French-American exchange across disciplines and make the very best of French and francophone culture accessible to diverse communities across the United States. The Florence Gould Writers’ Residency at Villa Albertine will create exceptional and enduring opportunities for literary creation for the most promising and innovative French and Francophone authors.
Institut français
The Institut français is responsible for France’s international cultural program. Supervised by both the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and by the Ministry of Culture, it promotes French culture abroad through cultural exchange initiatives. Operating in a space where the arts, intellectual exchange, cultural and social innovation, and linguistic partnerships interact and intersect, it is also responsible for promoting the French language and the sharing of works, artists, and ideas all over the world. The Institut français is one of Villa Albertine’s main French partners.
