title: Sarah Ardizzone
text: # Sarah Ardizzone
  
  Sarah Ardizzone (née Adams) is a literary translator, working from French to English. She has won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation two times (2005 and 2009), and the Scott-Moncrieff Prize once in 2007.
  
  ## Career
  
  Ardizzone has translated some 40 titles by writers such as Daniel Pennac, Yasmina Reza and Alexandre Dumas. She specialises in translating sharp dialogue, urban and migrant slang – ‘a world literature in French'. Sarah also curates educational programmes – including Translation Nation, Translators in Schools and the Spectacular Translation Machine – and is a patron of children's world literature charity Outside In World.
  
  ## Translations
  
  * Small Country, by Gaël Faye
  * The Little Prince (Joann Sfar's graphic novel version) – was a New York Times Notable Book of 2010
  * Toby Alone, by Timothée de Fombelle – won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2009
  * Just Like Tomorrow, by Faïza Guène – won the Scott-Moncrieff Prize 2007; shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2007
  * Eye of the Wolf, by Daniel Pennac – won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2005
  * Kamo's Escape by Daniel Pennac – shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2005
  * School Blues, by Daniel Pennac
  * The Rights of the Reader, by Daniel Pennac
  * Bar Balto, by Faïza Guène
  
  ## Prizes and awards
  
  * Shortlisted for 2019 Albertine Prize for Small Country
  * New York Times Notable Book of 2010 for The Little Prince (Joann Sfar's graphic novel version)
  * Winner of the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation in 2009 for Toby Alone, by Timothée de Fombelle
  * Winner of the Scott-Moncrieff Prize in 2007 for Just Like Tomorrow by Faïza Guène
  * Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation in 2007
  * Winner of the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation in 2005 for Eye of the Wolf, by Daniel Pennac
  