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Linda Coverdale

Author of A Very Long Engagement

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A Very Long Engagement (1991) — Translator, some editions — 1,673 copies
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced (2009) — Translator, some editions — 1,182 copies
The Prophecy of the Stones (2002) — Translator, some editions — 859 copies
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (1931) — Translator, some editions — 696 copies
Night at the Crossroads (1931) — Translator, some editions — 572 copies
Pig Tales: A Novel of Lust and Transformation (1996) — Translator, some editions — 571 copies
This Blinding Absence of Light (2002) — Translator, some editions — 538 copies
The Misty Harbour (1932) — Translator, some editions — 468 copies
The Blue Room (1964) — Translator, some editions — 464 copies
Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak (2003) — Translator, some editions — 460 copies
Literature or Life (1994) — Translator, some editions — 431 copies
The consolations of the forest : alone in a cabin on the Siberian taiga (2011) — Translator, some editions — 404 copies
Maigret in New York (1946) — Translator, some editions — 402 copies
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life (1990) — Translator, some editions — 391 copies
Class Trip (1997) — Translator, some editions — 376 copies
1914 (2012) — Translator, some editions — 363 copies
Ravel (2005) — Translator, some editions — 333 copies
Maigret and the Coroner (1949) — Translator, some editions — 321 copies
The Wedding (1985) — Translator, some editions — 299 copies
A French Life (2004) — Translator, some editions — 278 copies
A Frozen Woman (1981) — Translator, some editions — 236 copies
Lightning (2010) — Translator, some editions — 214 copies
"There Are Things I Want You to Know" about Stieg Larsson and Me (2011) — Translator, some editions — 208 copies
Slave Old Man (1997) — Translator, some editions — 184 copies
A Palace in the Old Village (2009) — Translator, some editions — 113 copies
The Antelope's Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide (2007) — Translator, some editions — 111 copies
The Man on the Bench in the Barn (1968) — Translator, some editions — 104 copies
School Days (1994) — Translator, some editions — 100 copies
Breathing Underwater (1999) — Translator, some editions — 95 copies
What the Night Tells the Day (1992) — Translator, some editions — 88 copies
Le petit garçon (1990) — Translator, some editions — 87 copies
Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows (1986) — Translator, some editions — 86 copies
The Stones Cry Out: A Cambodian Childhood, 1975-1980 (1987) — Translator, some editions — 71 copies
Shadows of a Childhood (1998) — Translator, some editions — 62 copies
Creole Folktales (1995) — Translator, some editions — 56 copies
The art of sleeping alone : why one French woman suddenly gave up sex (2011) — Translator, some editions — 52 copies
Beyond Suspicion (2006) — Translator, some editions — 52 copies
The Absolute Perfection of Crime (2001) — Translator, some editions — 51 copies
The Lecture (1999) — Translator, some editions — 45 copies
Rider on the Rain (1992) — Translator, some editions — 42 copies
Massacre River (1989) — Translator, some editions — 40 copies
The Lover/Wartime Notebooks/Practicalities (2017) — Translator — 34 copies
Mamzelle Dragonfly (1987) — Translator, some editions — 33 copies
Once Upon a Time: Visions of Old Japan (1986) — Translator, some editions — 23 copies
The Traveler's Tree (1992) — Translator, some editions — 19 copies
A Sweet Death (1986) — Translator, some editions — 18 copies
Children of Heroes (2002) — Translator, some editions — 15 copies
France: A Traveler's Literary Companion (2008) — Translator — 11 copies

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Canonical name
Coverdale, Linda
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education
Johns Hopkins University (PhD | French Studies)
Occupations
translator
Awards and honors
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Short biography
Linda Coverdale has a PhD in French literature, is a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and is the award-winning translator of over 65 books. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. [from The Art of Sleeping Alone (2013)]

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