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Coverdale, Linda

Linda Coverdale holds a Ph.D. in French Studies from Johns Hopkins University, US-amerikanische translator from French to English, a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 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, and Marguerite Duras.