Jules Renard

Jules Renard (1864–1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt. A habitué of Parisian literary circles, he was the author of numerous novels and plays, among them Carrot Top and Natural Histories. His Journal, widely considered his masterpiece, was published posthumously between 1925 and 1927.

Julian Barnes is the Booker Prize–winning author of The Sense of an Ending and numerous other books.

Theo Cuffe is known for his translations of classic French literature, including Voltaire’s Candide and Micromégas and Other Short Fictions.