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Proust Questionnaire: Damiano Abeni

A "Lydia Davis" Questionnaire

Who is your favorite fictional character of all time?

In this exact moment it is a three-way tie: Achilles, Omar Little (The Wire), and Sherlock Holmes.

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Sean Cotter answers our Proust Questionnaire

"Translators should pay better attention than any other reader, and the translator should be at least as creative as the original author."

What is your favorite word in any language? Which word do you find most difficult to translate?

mda.

I don’t translate words, but works, authors, “the whole surround.”

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Allison M. Charette answers our Proust Questionnaire

A "Lydia Davis" Questionnaire

Who is your favorite fictional character of all time?

Seriously? That’s not fair, is it? This questionnaire is hard. Although now that I think about it: Death. I’ve never met a portrayal of Death that wasn’t incredible.

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Matt Reeck answers our Proust Questionnaire

A "Lydia Davis" Questionnaire

 

Who is your favorite fictional character of all time?

Too hard a question as it would require me to remember all the books I’ve read.

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