Women in Translation Month: My Heart Hemmed In Midwest Tour
Chicago | Minneapolis
In celebration of Women in Translation month, Jordan Stump, translator of Marie NDiaye’s My Heart Hemmed In, will be in Chicago and Minneapolis for three back-to-back events.
CHICAGO
Tuesday, August 8 | More details
Unabridged Bookstore | 3251 North Broadway | Chicago
Wednesday, August 9 | More details
Seminary Co-Op Bookstore | 5751 S Woodlawn Ave | Chicago
MINNEAPOLIS
Thursday, August 10 | More details
Magers & Quinn Booksellers | 3038 Hennepin Avenue S | Minneapolis
Jordan Stump has translated many authors into English from French, including Marie Redonnet, Eric Chevillard, and Honoré de Balzac. His translation of Jardin des Plantes by Claude Simon won the 2001 French-American Foundation translation prize, and he was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Artes et des Lettres in 2006. His English language translations of works by Marie NDiaye have been nominated for the International Booker Prize twice. Ladivine was longlisted for the prize in 2016, and The Witch was shortlisted in 2026.
Marie NDiaye was born in 1967 in Pithiviers, France. She is the author of around twenty novels, plays, collections of stories, and nonfiction books, which have been translated into numerous languages. She’s received the Prix Femina and the Prix Goncourt, France’s highest literary honor, and her plays are in the repertoire of the Comédie-Française.