Jacques Schiffrin - Columbia University Press Blog

September 28, 2019

Reading List: Memoirs and Biographies in Translation

Memoirs, biographies and diaries allow readers intimate insight into what life is like for people that are hundreds of miles away or lived hundreds of years ago. These select books offer a glimpse into the complex lives of writers, political...

September 25, 2019

Sandra Smith on Becoming a Literary Translator

“Despite fleeing first Tsarist Russia and then Nazi-occupied France, Jacques Schiffrin succeeded in being a major literary influence on two continents, establishing first the best edition of French classics and then a key publishing house in New York which would...

March 5, 2019

New Book Tuesday! On Bicycles, Banking on Freedom, Jacques Schiffrin, Chromatic Modernity, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books is now available! On Bicycles A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City Evan Friss Banking on Freedom Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal Shennette Garrett-Scott Chromatic Modernity Color, Cinema,...

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Tag: Jacques Schiffrin

Reading List: Memoirs and Biographies in Translation

Sandra Smith on Becoming a Literary Translator

New Book Tuesday! On Bicycles, Banking on Freedom, Jacques Schiffrin, Chromatic Modernity, and More!