James Bennett

Writer & translator

Hi. I’m James Bennett and this is my website.

I’m a writer and translator based in London. I translate from French and Spanish into English. I also offer reader’s reports for French and Spanish books.

I have a research master’s in Literary Studies from the University of Amsterdam and a BA in French and Spanish from Trinity College Dublin.

I have worked as a freelancer for Granta, And Other Stories and English PEN.

My translations have appeared in Asymptote, Mexico City Lit and K1N. In 2023 I was awarded a PEN Presents grant to translate a sample of Colombian author Fernando Molano’s novel Vista desde una acera (View from a sidewalk).

My recent fiction has been published in 3AM and The Dublin Review.

In 2024 I received Irish Arts Council Agility Award funding in support of my writing.

You can contact me here.