RSSEditor, critic and translator dedicated to literary and culturally-driven writing in English and in French; with skills encompassing the design, construction and delivery of web-based textual and multimedia material.
Note to viewers: this is a reduced version of my cv, focusing on my literary activities and freelance work (while excluding my work as an astronaut). To contact me, please write to ce_menon<at>fastmail.fm.
CliveJames.com (2004 - present):
- Proofreading, reviewing, and editing (in close consultation with Clive James) all text composed exclusively for the website.
- Developing site's content structure and design, and liaising with programmers.
- Developing the Gallery section, introducing new artists to CJ (such as photographers Laura Noble, Gillian Mann, and Frank Watson; painter Henry Whysall; sculptors Jean Duhurt and Georgia Russell; and video artist Éléonore Saintagnan); preparing background information, including biographical details and critical commentary towards the writing of introductions by CJ — with the occasional presentation text (as for E. Saintagnan) written exclusively by moi.
Published translation work:
- Academic articles: ‘La citoyenneté républicaine, l'éthique et la presse sous la Révolution française’ (2005) and ‘George Sand, journaliste littéraire’ (2006); trsl. from the English, published online by La République des lettres (http://www.republique-des-lettres.fr/jane-chapman.php)
- Short story: Something in the Air; from the French: Quelque chose monte, by Nicolas Bouyssi. Both texts published online by Pompidou Centre's discussion forum Air de Paris
- Theatre: Le Cas Blanche-Neige ou Comment le savoir vient aux jeunes filles (Éditions Théâtrales, 2003); trsl. of radiophonic play Knowledge and A Girl – the Snow White Case (Calder, 2001) by Howard Barker. Performed in France in 2005-2006 by Cie TRAVAUX PUBLICS (dir. F. Maragnani)
- Poetry: Rives lointaines (2007); trsl. of 'Outer Banks (I)' by Christian Wiman. Published on this website.
Academic and publishing work:
- Nov. 2006 - Jan. 2007: Archiving work for Birkbeck College (University of London) and the Institut mémoires de l’édition contemporaine (IMEC, Paris). Compiled a 50-p. reference document, incl. a bilingual history and indexes, for quarterly literary journal La Chouette (1979-2002).
- Aug. 2002 – May 2003: Assistant to Literary Agent, Judy Daish Associates, London
- Oct. 2001 – Jun. 2002: Publishing Assistant, Calder Publications, London
Education
- Oct. 2006 - Present: Ph.D thesis on the work of Robert Pinget. University of Wesminster, London.
- 2003 – 2005: M.A. (part-time) in Modern French Studies. Birkbeck, University of London. Dissertation on Monsieur Songe (Minuit, 1982) by Robert Pinget - Distinction
- 1995 - 1996: Maîtrise in English literature; stylistics and translation. Institut du monde anglophone, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris. Dissertation (incl. critical commentaries and a selection of translated extracts) on The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye: Five Fairy Stories (1994), by A.S. Byatt.