Stacey Knecht

Stacey
Knecht

Stacey Knecht is the translator of Marcel Moring’s The Dream RoomThe Great Longing, and In Babylon; Anke de Vries’s Bruises; Marga Minco’s The Glass Bridge;  Hugo Claus’s Desire; and Lieve Joris’s Back to the Congo. She has been the recipient of several distinguished accolades, including the James S. Holmes Translation Award (1993) and the Vondel Prize (1996). She lives in the Netherlands.

Stacey Knecht is the translator of Marcel Moring’s The Dream RoomThe Great Longing, and In Babylon; Anke de Vries’s Bruises; Marga Minco’s The Glass Bridge;  Hugo Claus’s Desire; and Lieve Joris’s Back to the Congo. She has been the recipient of several distinguished accolades, including the James S. Holmes Translation Award (1993) and the Vondel Prize (1996). She lives in the Netherlands.

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