Alain Defossé
Appearance
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Alain Defossé (11 February 1957 – 14 May 2017) was a French novelist and translator. He was born in Nantes, France.[1][2][3]
His first novel, Les fourmis d’Anvers, was published in 1991.[2] He also translated several books from English into French.[2] For example, he translated Crazy Cock by Henry Miller in 1990.[2] He also translated American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis in 1993.[2]
In 2006, he translated The Night Watch by Sarah Waters.[2] Two years later, in 2008, he translated Rant by Chuck Palahniuk.[2] Other novelists whose work he translated are Irvine Welsh and Joseph Connolly.[3]
Defossé died on 14 May 2017 in Paris of lung cancer at the age of 60.[2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Defossé, Alain". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Lacour, Cécilia (May 16, 2017). "Décès de l'écrivain et traducteur Alain Defossé". Livres Hebdo. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Nécrologie L'écrivain et traducteur Alain Defossé est décédé". Presse-Océan. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.