Roland Glasser

Roland Glasser
Glasser at the 2024 National Book Awards finalist reading
Occupation	Translator

Roland Glasser (born 1973), is a literary translator, working from French into English.

Awards and honours

• Finalist, 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature for his translation of Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s The Villain's Dance
• Shortlist, 2021 Scott Moncrieff Prize for his translation of Adeline Dieudonné's Real Life
• Longlist, 2016 Man Booker International Prize and Best Translated Book Award ^[1] for his translation of Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s Tram 83 which also won the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature

Translation work

Roland Glasser has translated a range of authors, including Adeline Dieudonné, Anne Cuneo, Martin Page (French author) , Marc Pouyet, Stéphane Garnier, Julien Aranda, and Ludovic Flamant. He has also contributed articles and essays to The White Review , Asymptote, Literary Hub , Chimurenga, In Other Words, and the Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury Journals.

Selected translations

• 2025 - Henry Kissinger: An Intimate Portrait of the Master of Realpolitik by Jérémie Gallon (Profile Books)
• 2024 - The Villain's Dance by Fiston Mwanza Mujila (Deep Vellum)
• 2020 - Real Life by Adeline Dieudonné (World Editions)
• 2017 - Seasons of the Moon by Julien Aranda (AmazonCrossing)
• 2015 - Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila (Deep Vellum)
• 2015 - Tregian’s Ground by Anne Cuneo (And Other Stories) - co-translated with Louise Rogers Lalaurie
• 2015 - Dance of the Angels by Robert Morcet (AmazonCrossing)

References

1. "Roland GLASSER | Translator's Directory". www.institut-francais.org.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

External links

• Glasser in the Institut Français Translators DirectoryÁĔ
• Glasser interviewed on Words Without Borders website
• Glasser on ENGLISH Pen website