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Two-time winner of the John Dryden Translation Prize, Edward Gauvin has received fellowships and residencies from PEN America, the Lannan Foundation, the NEA, the Fulbright program, the Centre National du Livre, the Villa Gilet, the Banff Centre, Ledig House, and ALTA. Other publications have appeared in The New York Times, Tin House, Subtropics, Conjunctions, and The Coffin Factory. The contributing editor for Francophone comics at Words Without Borders, he writes a bimonthly column on the Francophone fantastic at Weird Fiction Review.

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	A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return by Zeina Abirached, Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Trina Robbins (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 4,875 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waves by Ingrid Chabbert, Carole Maurel (Illustrator), Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 3,496 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun, Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 2,637 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blank Slate by Boulet, Pénélope Bagieu (Illustrator), Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 2,563 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached (Author, Illustrator), Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 2,346 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josephine Baker by Catel, José-Louis Bocquet, Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 1,907 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How I Survived a Chinese "Reeducation" Camp: A Uyghur Woman’s Story by Gulbahar Haitiwaji, Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Rozenn Morgat 4.14 avg rating — 1,797 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi, Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.33 avg rating — 1,938 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	But I Really Wanted to Be an Anthropologist by Margaux Motin, Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 1,513 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Native by Edward Gauvin (Goodreads Author), Claire Stephens liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Truth to tell, I didn’t have to do much translating for my latest graphic novel from BOOM! Studios’ Archaia Imprint, About Betty’s Boob, by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau. The creators do some ingenious things with the silent narrative; my contributions were limited to translating a racy song for a burlesque performance midway through. Retitled from [...]

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