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Joyce Zonana Author & Translator

Jóusè d'Arbaud (1874-1950) was a central figure in the Provencal (Occitan) Revival. Celebrated for his poetry, prose, and work as editor of the journal Le Feu: Organe du regionalisme mÉditerranÉen, he often published in ProvenÇal with his own French translations. In 1939 he received the Prix Lasserre from L'Academie Francaise for the body of his work.

Joyce Zonana is a writer, literary translator, and professor emerita of English at the City University of New York. Her translations include Henri Bosco's Malicroix and Tobie Nathan's A Land Like You. A MacDowell Fellow, she has received several translation awards, including the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant and the ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship.