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Linda Coverdale Translator & Editor

A poet, novelist, and essayist who writes in Haitian Kreyòl and French, Lyonel Trouillot is a founding member of the Haitian Writers Association. Linda Coverdale’s many translations include Patrick Chamoiseau’s Schooldays and Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows, both published by the University of Nebraska Press.