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
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