Sarah Ardizzone
# Sarah Ardizzone

Sarah Ardizzone (née Adams) is a literary translator, working from French to English. She has won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation two times (2005 and 2009), and the Scott-Moncrieff Prize once in 2007.

## Career

Ardizzone has translated some 40 titles by writers such as Daniel Pennac, Yasmina Reza and Alexandre Dumas. She specialises in translating sharp dialogue, urban and migrant slang – ‘a world literature in French'. Sarah also curates educational programmes – including Translation Nation, Translators in Schools and the Spectacular Translation Machine – and is a patron of children's world literature charity Outside In World.

## Translations

* Small Country, by Gaël Faye
* The Little Prince (Joann Sfar's graphic novel version) – was a New York Times Notable Book of 2010
* Toby Alone, by Timothée de Fombelle – won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2009
* Just Like Tomorrow, by Faïza Guène – won the Scott-Moncrieff Prize 2007; shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2007
* Eye of the Wolf, by Daniel Pennac – won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2005
* Kamo's Escape by Daniel Pennac – shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2005
* School Blues, by Daniel Pennac
* The Rights of the Reader, by Daniel Pennac
* Bar Balto, by Faïza Guène

## Prizes and awards

* Shortlisted for 2019 Albertine Prize for Small Country
* New York Times Notable Book of 2010 for The Little Prince (Joann Sfar's graphic novel version)
* Winner of the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation in 2009 for Toby Alone, by Timothée de Fombelle
* Winner of the Scott-Moncrieff Prize in 2007 for Just Like Tomorrow by Faïza Guène
* Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation in 2007
* Winner of the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation in 2005 for Eye of the Wolf, by Daniel Pennac
