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Robert Bononno

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Robert Bononno

Robert Bononno has translated more than a dozen full-length works of fiction and non-fiction from the French, including René Crevel's My Body and I, Hervé Guibert's Ghost Image, and Henri Raczymow's Swan's Way. In 2002 he received an NEA grant to complete a translation of the work of Isabelle Eberhardt. He has taught translation at N.Y.U. and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Articles by Robert Bononno

The Sorrow of Columbkill
By Pierre Michon
It was the first psalter he had held between his hands, possibly the only one that existed in Ireland. He hears the sea crash below with all its might. He loses himself in the text.
Translated from French by Robert Bononno
The Madness of Suibhne
By Pierre Michon
In the month of May Suibhne took up arms against this neighboring king. The reason mattered little.
Translated from French by Robert Bononno