Announcing the 2025 Albertine Translation Fund Grantees (Session One)
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Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation are pleased to announce the laureates of the first session of the 2025 Albertine Translation program.
Representing new trends in all categories including fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, and comics, Albertine Translation recognizes the quality of both original works and their translations. Each book listed below will receive financial support, with $2,000 reserved for publishing costs and an additional amount of up to $5,000 matching 50% of the translation costs.
While most of these titles have secured an American publisher, some are waiting to find a good home. Please email us at translation@villa-albertine.org, if you are interested in receiving more information about these titles, or would like to be connected with the translators and rights holders of the works.
2025 First Session List of Grantees
Mécano by Mattia Filice (P.O.L / New York Review of Books), translated by Jacques Houis
Ce que murmurent les collines by Scholastique Mukasonga (Gallimard / Archipelago Books), translated by Mark Polizzotti
Au NON des femmes : Libérer nos classiques de regard masculin by Jennifer Tamas (Seuil / University of Delaware Press), translated by Elizabeth Lyman
Algérie 1962 : Une Histoire populaire by Malika Rahal (La Découverte / Verso Inc), translated by David Broder
Les institutions invisibles by Pierre Rosanvallon (Seuil / Polity Press), translated by Catherine Porter
Appartements témoins. La spoliation des locataires juifs à Paris, 1940-1946 by Isabelle Backouche, Sarah Gensburger, Eric Le Bourhis (La Découverte), translated by Hilary Handin*
Je Veux Manger Mon Frère by Hélène Gaudy (Editions Cambourakis / Levine Querido), translated by Julie Grawemeyer
Le Fleuve by Claude Ponti (L’Ecole des Loisirs / Elsewhere Editions), translated by Margot Kelidou and Alyson Waters
*English translation rights available and seeking an American publisher
In partnership with
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 Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education of the French Embassy in the United States, 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.
Van Cleef & Arpels
Founded at Paris’ 22 Place Vendôme in 1906, Van Cleef & Arpels came into being following Estelle Arpels’ marriage to Alfred Van Cleef in 1895. With a blend of inventiveness and poetry, Van Cleef & Arpels perpetuates a highly distinctive style. Its selection of exceptional gems that instill an emotion, and the savoir-faire of its craftsmen, have given birth to enchanting jewelry and watchmaking collections. Whether inspired by nature, couture, dance or imaginary worlds, the Maison opens the gate to a timeless universe of beauty and harmony. Van Cleef & Arpels’ constant commitment to creation also finds expression in its various activities as a partner and patron in the cultural field. Reflecting the Maison’s attachment to values of transmission and sharing, these initiatives take place in sectors that it holds dear: they include heritage protection, fine and decorative arts, design, dance and poetry.
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.
