Helen Stevenson and Nico Mann

Helen Stevenson is a literary translator. Her translations into English of French fiction have twice been shortlisted for the International Booker prize. She is also a pianist and a writer. Her published memoirs include Love Like Salt (Virago, 2016).

Nico Mann is a retired academic and an active translator. He taught modern languages at Oxford University and is a former director of The Warburg Institute in London. His published works include Petrarch (Actes Sud and Oxford University Press).