Jessica Cohen

Jessica Cohen is an independent translator born in England, raised in Israel, and currently living in Denver. She translates contemporary Hebrew prose and other creative work. In 2017, she shared the Man Booker International Prize with David Grossman, for her translation of "A Horse Walks Into a Bar." She has translated works by other major Israeli writers including Etgar Keret, Amos Oz, Ronit Matalon and Nir Baram. She is the recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, and a past board member of the American Literary Translators Association.