Frank Wynne

Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an Irish literary translator and writer.

Frank Wynne studied at Sligo Grammar School and Trinity College Dublin. Before moving to France in 1984. Frank Wynne became involved in British comics publishing during its brief flirtation with bandes dessinées. He was deputy editor of Crisis (comic) before becoming managing editor of Deadline magazine, home of Tank Girl, created by Jamie Hewlett. After the demise of Deadline magazine, in part through the badly received movie of Tank Girl starring Lori Petty, Frank decamped and worked for several years as Editorial Director of AOL UK during the heady expansion of the internet bubble.

He has worked as a literary translator for many years translating of the novels of Michel Houellebecq (He jointly won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with Houellebecq for Atomised his translation of Les particules élémentaires - a book the New York Times called a "deeply repugnant read.") He has subsequently translated Houellebecq's novels Platform and Lanzarote, together with novels by Pierre Mérot, Frédéric Beigbeder and the late Ivoirian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma . His translation of Frederic Beigbeder's Windows on the World a novel set in the twin towers during the September 11, 2001 attacks won the 2005 Independent Foreign Fiction Award.

Selected Translations

- Atomised/The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
    Winner of the Impac Prize, 2002
    Shortlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2002
 

- Windows on the World by Frédéric Beigbedger
     Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Award 2005 
 

• Platform by Michel Houellebecq (adapted by Carnal Acts for the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA))
• Lanzarote by Michel Houellebecq
• Mammals by Pierre Mérot
• Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote by Ahmadou Kourouma
• Allah is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
• In the Absence of Men by Philippe Besson
• His Brother by Philippe Besson
• Somewhere in a Desert by Dominique Sigaud (shortlisted for George Weidenfeld Translation Prize)

External links

• "Frank Wynne"
• "Michel Houellebecq"
• "S.N.O.B. Site Non Officiel de Frédéric Beigbeder"
• "UNESCO appraisal of Ahmadou Kourouma"

See also: Frank Wynne, 1962, 1984, AOL, Ahmadou Kourouma, Crisis (comic), Deadline magazine, France, Frederic Beigbeder, Institute of Contemporary Arts