Barbara
Wright
After studying to be a pianist at the Royal College of Music in London, Barbara Wright (1915–2009) launched into a brilliant career as a translator from French. Among her many translations are her classic versions of Queneau’s Exercises in Style and of works by Duras, Robbe-Grillet, Tzara, Pinget, Sarraute and many other celebrated French writers of the twentieth century.
After studying to be a pianist at the Royal College of Music in London, Barbara Wright (1915–2009) launched into a brilliant career as a translator from French. Among her many translations are her classic versions of Queneau’s Exercises in Style and of works by Duras, Robbe-Grillet, Tzara, Pinget, Sarraute and many other celebrated French writers of the twentieth century.
