Barbara Bray

Barbara
Bray

Barbara Bray (1924–2010) was a renowned British translator, script editor, and radio producer who became one of the most vital links between 20th-century French avant-garde literature and the English-speaking world. She is best known as Marguerite Duras’s preferred translator and as the intellectual partner of Samuel Beckett.

Barbara Bray (1924–2010) was a renowned British translator, script editor, and radio producer who became one of the most vital links between 20th-century French avant-garde literature and the English-speaking world. She is best known as Marguerite Duras’s preferred translator and as the intellectual partner of Samuel Beckett.

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