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This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.

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• Bellos, D.  + (David+Bellos+gained+his+doctorate+in+Frenc … David+Bellos+gained+his+doctorate+in+French+literature+from+Oxford+University+%28UK%29+and+taught+subsequently+at+Edinburgh%2C+Southampton+and+Manchester+before+coming+to+Princeton+in+1997.+He+worked+first+in+nineteenth+century+studies%2C+particularly+on+the+novel+and+the+history+of+literary+ideas+and+then+developed+interests+in+post-war+French+writing+and+film.+He+is+the+translator+and+biographer+of+Georges+Perec+and+has+also+written+major+studies+of+Jacques+Tati+and+Romain+Gary.+A+well-known+translator%2C+he+is+also+the+author+of+an+irreverent+introduction+to+translation+studies%2C+%27%27Is+That+A+Fish+in+Your+Ear%3F%27%27+His+most+recent+book%2C+%27%27The+Novel+of+the+Century%27%27%2C+marks+a+return+to+nineteenth+century+France+from+a+trans-national+point+of+view.+He+has+a+joint+appointment+in+French+and+Comparative+Literature+and+is+also+Director+of+the+PIIRS+Graduate+Fellows+Program.+He+has+won+the+French-American+Foundation%E2%80%99s+translation+prize+%281988%29%2C+the+Prix+Goncourt+de+la+Biographie+%281994%29%2C+the+Man+Booker+International+translator%E2%80%99s+award+%282005%29+and+the+Book+Award+of+the+American+Library+in+Paris%2C+and+holds+the+rank+of+officier+in+the+Orde+national+des+Arts+et+des+Lettres.+He+was+the+recipient+of+the+2019+Howard+T.+Berhman+Award+for+Distinguished+Achievement+in+the+Humanities.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffit.princeton.edu%2Fpeople%2Fdavid-bellos+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29ellos+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29)