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Frank Wynne

Frank Wynne is an Irish literary translator. In a career spanning twenty years, he has translated numerous French and Hispanic authors, including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, Javier Cercas, Carlos Manuel Álvarez and Virginie Despentes. A number of his translations have won prizes, including the International Dublin Literary Award, the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Premio Valle-Inclán. Photograph © Nick Bradshaw

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 157 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 157 padlock

Boarding Pass

Carlos Manuel Álvarez

‘But the crime did exist; it was Cuba itself.’

Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne.

Fiction | Issue 155 padlock
Fiction | Issue 155 padlock

Bitter Cherries

Carlos Manuel Álvarez

‘In the long run, staying or leaving both lead to the same absurd condition.’

Fiction by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, translated by Frank Wynne.

Fiction | Issue 155
Fiction | Issue 155

The Fallen

Carlos Manuel Álvarez

Read an excerpt from The Fallen by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne and available now from Fitzcarraldo Books.

Fiction | Issue 155
Fiction | Issue 155

Animalia

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo

An excerpt from Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, translated from the French by Frank Wynne.

Fiction | Issue 113 padlock
Fiction | Issue 113 padlock

The Bonfire and the Chessboard

Matías Néspolo

‘I’m not a snob, it’s just that down here we take chess seriously.’

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