Remember the Bees

Zineb Mekouar was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She studied at the French international school Lycée Lyautey and later graduated from Sciences Po and HEC Paris. Mekouar was nominated for the First Novel Award by the renowned French literary organization Goncourt Academy. Remember the Bees was awarded the Mouans-Sartoux Award, the Folire Prize, and the Académie Française Henri de Régnier Prize. She lives in Paris.

Maren Baudet-Lackner is an American literary translator from the French. She has published a dozen titles with major imprints in the United Kingdom and United States and is the recipient of multiple PEN Awards. She has also received Albertine Translation grants for her work. Baudet-Lackner holds advanced degrees from Yale University and the Sorbonne and lives near Paris with her family.