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Allison M. Charette

Allison M. Charette
Allison M. Charette translates literature from French into English. She received a 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for Beyond the Rice Fields, the first novel from Madagascar to be translated into English. She founded the Emerging Literary Translators’ Network in America (ELTNA.org), a networking and support group for early-career translators. Allison has published two other book-length translations, in addition to short translated fiction that has appeared in Words Without Borders, The Other Stories, Tupelo Quarterly, InTranslation, the SAND Journal, and others. Find her online at charettetranslations.com.


Embedded with the Beating Heart of Madagascar’s Literary Life

Allison M. Charette Travels 9,000 Miles to Translate Michèle Rakotoson
April 17, 2019  By Allison M. Charette
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