Jeanine Herman

Jeanine Herman is a translator of French literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and art criticism. She has translated works by Julien Gracq, Pierre Clastres, Jean Genet, Francis Ponge, Julia Kristeva, among others. Her translation of Julien Gracq’s Reading Writing was a finalist for the French-American Foundation Translation Prize. She is a chevalier in the French Order of Arts and Letters.

  • A Woman of Thirty
    A Woman of Thirty
    A Woman of Thirty Honoré de Balzac
    Publication Date: Jul 14, 2026
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