Catherine du Toit is an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. She received a BA cum laude and DLitt in French Language and Literature from the University of Pretoria, and a D.E.A. in French and Comparative Literature from the Universitรฉ de Nantes. She has translated between English, French, and Afrikaans, including authors like Michel Houllebecq, Jacky Rigaux, and Conrad Botes.