Research Interests
I am currently working primarily as a translator of contemporary French authors, seeking publishers for several books.
Education
PhD Yale 1970-74
Awards and Honors
French Palmes Académiques: recognition by the French government for service
Courses Taught
Not teaching at this time
Additional Campus Affiliations
Research Faculty, French and Italian
Research Faculty, European Union Center
Honors & Awards
French Palmes Académiques: recognition by the French government for service
Recent Publications
Angot, C., & Mortimer, A. K., (TRANS.) (2021). An Impossible Love. Archipelago Books.
Mortimer, A. K. (2019). Balzac’s Muse: The Geographical Method. The Balzac Review / Revue Balzac, 2019(2), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09607-8.p.0155
Kristeva, J., & Mortimer, A. K., (TRANS.) (2018). The Enchanted Clock: A Novel. Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/kris18046
Mortimer, A. K. (2017). Le Père Goriot: Arrivisme and the Parisian Morality Tale. In O. Heathcote, & A. Watts (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Balzac (pp. 81-96). Article 6 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107588929.009
Sollers, P., & Mortimer, A. K., (TRANS.) (2016). Casanova the Irresistible. University of Illinois Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt18j8wrf