Sébastien Bernard

Translator of My Mother’s Sleepwalking Nights

Sébastien Bernard is an Istanbul based poet, writer, and translator whose work has appeared in publications such as Evergreen Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Black Warrior Review, DIAGRAM, and Salamander. He has completed bridge translations for novels by Ayfer Tunç, Saba Altınsay, Oya Baydar, and Irmak Zileli; his translation of Kalplerimizdeki Yeni Dünya, a collection of interviews between Noam Chomsky and Michael Albert, was published by Scala Publishing. Sébastien’s debut poetry collection was a finalist for the 2022 Nightboat Prize.