Augustin Berque has recently retired as Director of Studies in Environmental Philosophy and Geography at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, France. He was the recipient of the 2018 International Cosmos Prize.
Translator Anne-Marie Feenberg-Dibon is Professor of Humanities at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. She studied at the Sorbonne (Licence d’Anglais, DES d’Anglais), France, and the University of California at San Diego, California (PhD in Comparative Literature), USA. Her publications include articles on the novel as well as translations of six philosophical books and numerous articles.