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Born in Autainville, France, in 1946, Lydie Salvayre has written over twelve novels, among which La Compagnie des spectres (Prix Novembre), BW and Pas pleurer, which received the Prix Goncourt in 2014. Her books have been translated in over twenty languages. Alison L. Strayer is a Canadian writer and translator. She won the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, shared with Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux, and the French-American Prize for Translation (both for The Years). Her novel Jardin et prairie, written in French, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Literature, the Grand Prix du livre de Montreal, and longlisted for the Prix litteraire France-Quebec. Her work has also been longlisted for the Albertine Prize (Abdellah Taa, Infidels), the Warwick Prize (Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story) and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Translation (Mavis Gallant, Rencontres fortuites, a co-translation), as well as the Man Booker International Translation Prize (The Years), an honour shared with the author. She lives in Paris.

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