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Sandra Smith

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Bio

Sandra Smith was born and raised in New York City. As an undergraduate, she spent one year studying at the Sorbonne and fell in love with Paris. Immediately after finishing her BA, she was accepted to do a Master's Degree at New York University, in conjunction with the Sorbonne, and so lived in Paris for another year. After completing her MA, she moved to Cambridge, where she began supervising in 20th Century French Literature, Modern French Drama and Translation at the University. Soon afterwards, she was accepted to study for a PhD at Clare College, researching the Surrealist Theatre in France between the two World Wars. Sandra Smith taught French Literature and Language at Robinson College, University of Cambridge for many years and has been a guest lecturer and professor at Columbia University, Harvard and Sarah Lawrence College.

Literary/Translation Prizes for Suite Françoise:

  • Winner of the Pen Book of the Month Club Translation Prize (USA) 2006
  • Winner of the French-American Florence Gould Foundation Translation Prize (USA) 2007
  • The Quill Award, USA, shortlisted for Book of the Year 2006, General Fiction category. (The only book in translation shortlisted.)
  • Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize for Fiction 2006. Shortlisted.
  • Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize for Fiction 2006. Shortlisted.
  • British Book Awards: Border's Book of the Year 2006. Shortlisted.
  • The Oxford Weidenfeld Prize for French Translation. Shortlisted.
  • Independent Newspaper Foreign Fiction Prize: only open to living authors, so ineligible, but awarded a 'Special Commendation' by the panel 19 January 2007.

Sandra Smith Books

Master of Souls book cover

Master of Souls

Irène Némirovsky
In the Shadows of Paris: The Nazi Concentration Camp that Dimmed the City of Light book cover

In the Shadows of Paris: The Nazi Concentration Camp that Dimmed the City of Light

Anne Sinclair
The Prodigal Child book cover

The Prodigal Child

Irène Némirovsky
Inseparable book cover

Inseparable

Simone de Beauvoir
Tiny Gifts book cover

Tiny Gifts

Sandra Smith
Alice Asks the Big Questions book cover

Alice Asks the Big Questions

Laurent Gounelle
Create Dangerously book cover

Create Dangerously

Albert Camus
Jacques Schiffrin book cover

Jacques Schiffrin

Amos Reichman
The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times book cover

The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times

Guy de Maupassant
The Fires of Autumn book cover

The Fires of Autumn

Irene Nemirovsky
The Wine of Solitude book cover

The Wine of Solitude

Irene Nemirovsky
Far Above Rubies book cover

Far Above Rubies

Sandra Smith
Fire in the Blood book cover

Fire in the Blood

Irene Nemirovsky
David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair book cover

David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair

Irene Nemirovsky
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