Catherine Charmant is an author, translator and reader. Passionate about elsewhere and literature, her curiosity for other cultures is inexhaustible. Graduated from Paris VII-Jussieu, MA Chinese-English L.E.A and Paris IV-Sorbonne, License LLCE Portuguese, she has lived, studied and worked in England, China, Taiwan and Brazil. She translates novels, short stories and stories from English, Chinese (with Deng Xinnan) and Portuguese and is self-employed for various publishing houses.