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born in 1960, is a French translator, author, and literary translation instructor. He studied literature and philosophy in Paris and began his career as a journalist. He has published several books on German-language authors, including G\u00fcnter Grass and Man\u00e8s Sperber. As a translator, Mannoni has brought a wide range of German-language literature into French, including nearly the entire oeuvre of Peter Sloterdijk, as well as works by Martin Suter, Zsuzsa B\u00e1nk, H.G. Adler, Uwe Tellkamp, Stefan Zweig, and Frank Witzel. He has also translated numerous works by Sigmund Freud \u2013 letters and essays among them \u2013 and major historical texts on the Third Reich by authors such as Peter Reichel, Ernst Klee, Harald Welzer, Joachim Fest, Volker Ullrich, and Bettina Stangneth. In 2021, his French translation of Adolf Hitler\u2019s \u00bbMein Kampf\u00ab was published, sparking widespread public debate. From 2007 to 2012, Mannoni served as president of the French translators\u2019 association ATLF. He now heads the \u00c9cole de Traduction Litt\u00e9raire, which he founded. His contributions and achievements have earned him numerous accolades, including the Prix Helml\u00e9 in 2017 and the title \u00bbChevalier des Arts et des Lettres\u00ab in 2023. In 2022, he published the memoir \u00bbHitler traduire\u00ab, which received considerable attention in both France and Germany. His 2024 essay \u00bbCoul\u00e9e brune. Comment le fascisme a envahi notre langue\u00ab (\u00bbBrown Flow: How Fascism Infiltrated Our Language\u00ab) further explored the relationship between language and ideology. Olivier Mannoni lives in the central Pyrenees, not far from Toulouse. <\/p>\n\n

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