American · b. 1945
Linda Coverdale has translated over eighty books from French into English, making her one of the most prolific literary translators working today. Her authors include Patrick Modiano, Marguerite Duras, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Coverdale's translations have won the Scott Moncrieff Prize and other honors. She works invisibly, which is the translator's fate, bringing French literature into English with precision and grace.