Lara Vergnaud

Lara Vergnaud is a translator of prose, creative nonfiction, and scholarly works from the French. Her writing and translations have been featured in The Paris Review Daily, Words Without Borders, and Two Lines, among other places. She is the recipient of two PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants and a French Voices Grand Prize, and has been nominated for the National Translation Award. She lives in Washington, D.C.

The Methodology of Musicality: On Translating the Literary Lyricism of The Last One

Lara Vergnaud Considers Rhythm, Orality, and the Challenge of Making Words Sing

November 23, 2021 By Lara Vergnaud

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

Lara Vergnaud Navigates Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

February 8, 2021 By Lara Vergnaud

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