About the Author & Translator - The Barman of the Ritz
By Philippe Collin
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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A producer at France Inter for more than twenty years, Philippe Collin studied history and has always maintained a strong interest in the field. In 2021, he created a series of historical podcasts that have been downloaded 40 million times. He is also a graphic novel writer and coauthor of Le Voyage de Marcel Grob (2018), inspired by the story of his great-uncle during the Second World War. The Barman of the Ritz, his first novel, has been translated into thirty languages and was a runaway bestseller in his native France, selling 350,000 copies to date.
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ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Frank Wynne was born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1962. His translation of Michel Houellebecq’s Atomised won the 2002 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was also shortlisted for the 2001 Independent Foreign Fiction award. His first translation, Somewhere in the Desert, was shortlisted for the George Weidenfeld Translation Prize and adapted for Radio 4. His recent translations included Frédéric Beigbeder’s Windows on the World (which won the 2005 Independent Foreign Fiction Award). He was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2018 for his translation of Vernon Subutex I by Virginie Despentes, as well as being longlisted for his translation of The Imposter by Javier Cercas.