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Jonathan Hunt was born in Portsmouth in 1951. He has taught at the universities of Munich, Cambridge, and Turin, and his translations from the Italian include Niccolo Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared and Steal You Away, and Carlo Petrini’s Slow Food Nation.
Jonathan Hunt was born in Portsmouth in 1951. He has taught at the universities of Munich, Cambridge, and Turin, and his translations from the Italian include Niccolo Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared and Steal You Away, and Carlo Petrini’s Slow Food Nation.
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PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS

2011

Niccolò Ammaniti

As God Commands

2005

Niccolò Ammaniti

I’m Not Scared

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