Tess Lewis is a translator from German and French and an Advisory Editor ofย The Hudson Review.ย She has been awarded translation grants from PEN America and PEN UK, an NEA Translation Fellowship, and a Max Geilinger Translation Grant for her translation of Philippe Jaccottet.ย She also writes essays on European literature for numerous literary journals includingย The New Criterion, The Hudson Review, World Literature Today,ย The American Scholar,ย andย Bookforum.