Allison M. Charette

Allison M. Charette is a dedicated translator specializing in bringing fiction from Madagascar into English. She has translated Naivo’s Beyond the Rice Fields (2017) and Johary Ravaloson’s Return to the Enchanted Island (2019), both to critical acclaim. A co-founder of the Emerging Literary Translators’ Network in America and the ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program, Charette is committed to supporting and mentoring new translators. In 2018, she was awarded an NEA Fellowship in Literary Translation to translate Michèle Rakotoson’s novel, Lalana.