Tina Kover (born March 20, 1975 in Denver, Colorado, USA) is a literary translator. She studied French at the University of Denver and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland,[1] and attended the Next Level Language Institute in Prague, Czech Republic. She holds a Master's Degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies from Durham University.
Her translation of Négar Djavadi's award-winning novel Disoriental was a finalist for the inaugural National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2018,[2] the PEN Translation Prize in 2019,[3] the Scott Moncrieff Prize, the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, and the International Dublin Literary Award. Disoriental was awarded both the Albertine Prize[4] and the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction in June 2019.
Lenin Walked on the Moon, Michel Eltchaninoff, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2023 The Postcard, Anne Berest, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2023 Belle Greene: A Novel, Alexandra Lapierre, Europa Editions, New York, 2022 No Touching, Ketty Rouf, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2021 The Science of Middle-Earth, Lehoucq, Mangin, & Steyer, eds., Pegasus Books, New York, 2021 In the Shadow of the Fire, Hervé le Corre, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2021 A Beast in Paradise, Cécile Coulon, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2021 Paridaiza, Luis de Miranda, Snuggly Books, Sacramento, 2020 Older Brother, Mahir Guven, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2019 A Summer with Montaigne, Antoine Compagnon, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2019 The Little Girl on the Ice Floe, Adélaïde Bon, Europa Editions, New York, 2019 Disoriental, Négar Djavadi, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2018 Manette Salomon, Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, Snuggly Books, Sacramento, 2017 The Beauty of the Death Cap, Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, Snuggly Books, Sacramento, 2017 Who Killed the Poet?, Luis de Miranda, Snuggly Books, Sacramento, 2017 Life, Only Better, Anna Gavalda, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2015 The Faces of God, Mallock, Europa Editions, New York & London, 2015 Herge: Son of Tintin, Benoit Peeters, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2011 Venus, Auguste Rodin, Hol Art Books, Tucson, 2010 Liquid Memory: Why Wine Matters, Jonathan Nossiter, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, New York, 2009 Grand Junction, Maurice G. Dantec, Del Rey Books, New York, 2009 Cosmos Incorporated, Maurice G. Dantec, Del Rey Books, New York, 2008 Georges, Alexandre Dumas, Random House/Modern Library, New York, 2007 The Black City, George Sand, Carroll & Graf/Avalon Publishing, New York, 2004
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