Author: Louis-Philippe Dalembert is a Haitian poet and novelist who writes in both French and Creole. His works have been translated into several languages and his novel, THE MEDITERRANEAN WALL was the French Voices Grand Prize Winner for best translation in 2021. He lives both in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, and Paris, France.

Translator: Born in Indonesia (1936), raised in The Netherlands, and residing in the USA since the age of 22, Marjolijn de Jager earned a PhD. in Romance Languages and Literatures from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1975. She translates from both the Dutch and the French. Francophone African literature, the women's voices in particular, have a special place in her heart. Among her honors are an NEA grant, two NEH grants and, in 2011, the annually awarded ALA Distinguished Member Award received from the African Literature Association for scholarship, teaching, and translations of African Literature. She was the Grand Prize winner in 2021 of the French Voices Award from Excellence in translation for THE MEDITERRANEAN WALL by Louis-Philippe Dalembert. For further information please see http: //mdejager.com