The Little Prince is one of the most read books in history (200 million books sold worldwide, 14 million sold in France). As of 2017, it is the world’s most translated book (non-religious) with 300 translations (languages and dialects included).
Our project was to gather as many languages as possible to showcase the global influence of Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s novel. A call for volunteers was sent and advertised around campus and we succeeded in uniting 23 readers to represent 15 languages.
If you would like to find out more about the translation, visit the website Petit Prince Collection (https://petit-prince-collection.com/lang/collection.php?lang=fr)
The volunteers are listed in the order they will read during the event:
Volunteers
Languages
Department / Major / Minor
Justin Meyer
English
History,
Graduate ’23
Bethany Hutchings
French
Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Undergraduate ’24
Kevin Swaggerty
French
Classics, Undergraduate
Franzi Finkenstein
German
German, Graduate
Anna Lynn Dolman
German
German, Graduate ’22
Audrey Arya
Farsi
Education, Graduate
Chenghao Zou
Chinese
Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Graduate
Bella Jing
Chinese
Folakemi Shofu
Yoruba
Comp. Sciences & French, Undergraduate ’24
Artem Arutyunov
Russian
Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Graduate
Margarita Podledneva
Russian
Economics, Graduate ’23
Katherine Tilghman
Spanish & Portuguese
Hispanic Studies, Graduate
Ilan Toussieh
Spanish & French
Undergraduate ’25
Salvador Lopez Rivera
Portuguese & French
French, Graduate ’24
Eyal Tamir
Hebrew
Lecturer
Maurice Tetne
French & Swahili
French, Graduate ’25
Mahtab Chaudhry
Urdu
English &Education, Undergraduate ’23
Anda Gavrilescu
Romanian
Computer Science,
Undergraduate ’22
Eleonora Bano
Italian
Neuroscience, Graduate
Giacomo Vedovati
Italian
ESC, Graduate ’27
Jinfeng Chen
Japanese
Maths & Stats, Undergraduate ’24
Isabella D’Ottone
French
Psychology & French, Undergraduate ’23
Basma Daham
Arabic
Arabic & Biology, Undergraduate ’25