Mark Hutchinson on Translation and Anne Serre's 'A Leopard Skin Hat'

S5E2 - Mark Hutchinson on Translation and Anne Serre's 'A Leopard Skin Hat'

Published: January 31, 2026

Duration: 52:58

In this Episode, Mark Hutchinson talks about his journey of translation and about the novel ‘ A leopard Skin hat’ written by Anne Serre.

Mark Hutchinson was born in London and lives in Paris

Among his many translations from the French are René Char’s Hypnos: Notes from the French Resistance and The Inventors and Other Poems, and Emmanuel Hocquard’s The Library at Trieste and The Gardens of Sallust. His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The Paris Review, The Times Literary Supplement and elsewhere. His translation of René Char‘s The Inventors was one of The Ind...