David M. Bellos

David M. Bellos is Professor of French and Italian and Comparative Literature at Princeton University, and Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication. He earned his doctorate from Oxford University and previously taught at Edinburgh, Southampton, and Manchester.

Research Focus: Nineteenth-century French studies, modern/contemporary literature, translation theory, and film-text relationships. Notable for biographical and translation work on Georges Perec.

Awards:

• Prix Goncourt de la Biographie (1994)
• Man Booker International Translator's Award (2005)
• French-American Foundation Translation Prize (1988)