Jordan
Stump

Jordan Stump is one of the leading translators of innovative French literature. The recipient of numerous honors and prizes, he has translated books by Nobel laureate Claude Simon, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, and Eric Chevillard, as well as Jules Verne’s French-language novel The Mysterious Island.

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS

2018

Marie NDiaye

Ladivine

2000

Patrick Modiano

Out of the Dark

1999

Éric Chevillard

The Crab Nebula

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