Alexander HertichAlexander Hertich is Professor of French and Chair of World Languages and Cultures at Bradley University. His translation of René Belletto's novel Dying, which was a finalist for the French-American Foundation Annual Translation Prize, as published by Dalkey Archive Press. His translation of Patrik Ourednik's novel The End of the World Might Not Have Taken Place, also with Dalkey Archive Press, was released in 2020. Other translations include works by Simone de Beauvoir, Étienne Balibar, Nicolas Bouyssi, and Christian Gailly. In addition to translation, he is an active literary scholar and has published in French and English on Patrick Modiano, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Marie NDiaye, Frédéric Beigbeder, and Raymond Queneau as well as other contemporary French writers. Read More Read Less