LITERARY TRANSLATOR | WRITER
Elettra Pauletto
Literary Translator: French & Italian into English
Since receiving her MFA from Columbia University, Elettra Pauletto has divided her time between writing about her life and work in Africa–including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Senegal–and translating works of fiction and nonfiction from Italian and French into English. In both her writing and translations, she draws heavily on her experience as a former political risk analyst covering Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
- Italian ➔ English
- French ➔ English
Books in translation
Translations
Italian ➔ English · Forthcoming
Domani, Domani
Francesca Giannone
Crown
Italian ➔ English · 2026
Volga Blues: A Journey into the Heart of Russia
Marzio G. Mian
W. W. Norton
Italian ➔ English · 2026
On Taste: In Humans and Other Animals
Davide Risso & Gabriella Morini
Columbia University Press
Italian ➔ English · 2025
The Letter Carrier
Francesca Giannone
Crown
A Barnes & Noble Book Club pick
French ➔ English · 2022
Prince: All the Songs
Benoît Clerc
Mitchell Beazley
Italian ➔ English · 2022
All the Lies They Did Not Tell
Pablo Trincia
Amazon Crossing
The true story of a Satanic panic in an Italian community
Italian ➔ English · 2021
In Search of Van Gogh
Gloria Fossi
Harper Design
French ➔ English · 2020
Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs
Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon
Cassell
With Simon Jones and Andrea Reece
French ➔ English · 2020
Larousse Patisserie and Baking
Larousse
Hamlyn
French ➔ English · 2018
Michael Jackson: All the Songs
Richard Lecocq & François Allard
Cassell
With Simon Jones and Andrea Reece
Essays & reporting
Writing
Harper’s Magazine · 2019
We Aren’t the People with Big Hats
Seeking out Judaism in Venice.
Quartz · 2017
Ten Years Ago I Was Sent to DR Congo as an Aid Worker Without Security Training. Not Much Has Changed
On the risks aid workers still face in conflict zones, from someone who arrived at twenty-three.
Guernica · 2016
Film, Theater and Human Trafficking
An examination of the role art can play in combating human trafficking.
Guernica · 2016
How Knowledge of International Affairs Can Help Survivors of Torture
Inside Bellevue’s programs for asylum seekers who have survived torture.
The Montréal Review · 2015
The Loudest Noise
Rwanda, twenty years after the genocide.
River Teeth
Skipping
A short essay from years as an aid worker in eastern Congo.
Translations of reporting and fiction have also appeared in Harper’s Magazine, VQR, The Dial, Exchanges, Absinthe and The Dodge.