EDOUARD LEVÉ was born on January 1, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. A writer, photographer, and visual artist, Levé was the author of four books of prose—Œuvres, Journal, Autoportrait, and Suicide—and three books of photographs. Suicide, published in 2008, was his final book.

JAN STEYN is a South African translator from French and Afrikaans into English. He is currently studying Comparative Literature at Emory University.