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Annie Saumont
Annie Saumont (1927 – 31 January 2017) was a French short story writer and English to French translator.
Saumont started as a specialist in English literature and an English to French translator. She has translated books by V.S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and John Fowles among others.
Saumont is best known for her short stories, however. She has been writing short stories for twenty years and now has some 200 to her name. She has won a number of prizes for her work including the 1981 Prix
", 1981) trans by Annie Saumont (Albin Michel, 1983)
- V.S. Naipaul, "Mr. Stone" trans by Annie Saumont (Albin Michel, 1985)
- John Fowles, "La Creature" trans by Annie Saumont (Albin Michel, 1987)
- John Fowles, "La Tour d'ébène" trans by Annie Saumont (Albin Michel, 1988)
- J D Salinger, "L'Attrape-Coeurs" trans by Annie Saumont (Robert Laffont, 1986, 2004)
- John Fowles,