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Title:: Evenings with an Author: Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier
When:: Wed 19 May 2010 19h30
Where:: The American Library in Paris - Paris
Category:: Evenings with an Author

Description

Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier present their new translation of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex.

About Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier

Sheila Malovany-Chevallier and Constance Borde both attended Douglass College (Rutgers University) in the 1960's and have been friends and working partners ever since. They have lived in France for over 40 years and have collaborated on many projects, notably books and publications, always for French readers: a series of grammar books; a video series, Magic English, for Disney, to teach children English; Focus on American Democracy, explaining the American system of government, and several cookbooks on American food.

All along, they have been translating from French to English: social science, art, and feminist works. Both were teachers at Sciences Po, Sheila for 35 years and Constance for 22. Feminism and politics, as well as knowledge France and its culture, led them to the translation into English of Le Deuxième Sexe, by Simone de Beauvoir.

Read a review of The Second Sex from The Indepedent (U.K.)