Frank Wynne

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

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1962 - Irish

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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.

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Trinity College Dublin - France - 1984 - Crisis (comic) - Deadline magazine - Tank Girl - Jamie Hewlett - Lori Petty - AOL

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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 Plateforme 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.

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Michel Houellebecq - International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Atomised - New York Times - Ahmadou Kourouma - Frederic Beigbeder - Windows on the World - September 11, 2001 attacks

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