Alain Lance

French writer and translator

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Alain Lance (born 18 December 1939 in Bonsecours) is a French writer and translator.^[1]

He has been acknowledged for his translations of German authors into French: Volker Braun, Franz Fühmann, Ingo Schulze and Christa Wolf.^[2] He lives in Paris.^[3]

Awards

Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (2001)
Eugen-Helmlé-Übersetzerpreis (2012)

References

^ "Alain Lance – Sächsische Akademie der Künste". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
^ Angaben zum Autor auf der Seite des Maison des écrivains et de la littérature, retrieved 17 October 2012
^ Seite des deutschen Verlages zum Autor, retrieved 17 October 2012