# Georgia de Chamberet

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**Georgia de Chamberet** is an editor, translator, cultural journalist and former book publisher. She has translated a number of non-fiction books into English by the [Dalai Lama](/source/Dalai_Lama), [Louis Saha](/source/Louis_Saha), [Gérard Garouste](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Garouste) as well as by novelist [Olivier Guez](/source/Olivier_Guez).[1][2] In 1997, De Chamberet founded BookBlast Ltd to showcase new or overlooked writers.

## Biography

Born in [Paris](/source/Paris), France, her mother was Gael Elton Mayo, the youngest daughter of [George Elton Mayo](/source/George_Elton_Mayo), and her father was French.[3]

From 1988 to 1996, de Chamberet worked as a Senior Editor at [Quartet Books](/source/Quartet_Books) publishing works by authors such as [Tahar Ben Jelloun](/source/Tahar_Ben_Jelloun), [Daniel Pennac](/source/Daniel_Pennac), [Annie Ernaux](/source/Annie_Ernaux), [Rachid Mimouni](/source/Rachid_Mimouni), [Elsa Gress](/source/Elsa_Gress) and *The Death of Napoleon* by [Simon Leys](/source/Simon_Leys) (the pen name of Pierre Ryckmans).[4]

De Chamberet founded BookBlast Ltd in 1997 a [London](/source/London)-based writing agency to showcase new or overlooked writers.[5] Early publications included *Empire Windrush: Fifty Years of Writing About Black Britain*, edited by [Onyekachi Wambu](/source/Onyekachi_Wambu) and *XCiTés: The Flamingo Book of New French Writing*.[6][7][8][9][1] De Chamberet was one of the original founder-members of [English PEN](/source/English_PEN)’s Writers in Translation committee.[10] The BookBlast 10x10 Tour in association with [Waterstones](/source/Waterstones) was held in Autumn 2018.[11]

De Chamberet is the literary executor of her godmother, the historian and traveller [Lesley Blanch](/source/Lesley_Blanch) (1904-2007).[12][13][14] She edited Blanch's memoirs, *On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life*, first published in 2015 by [Virago](/source/Virago_Press), London, and [La Table Ronde](/source/La_Table_Ronde), Paris in 2018.[15][16][17][18] The title is taken from Blanch's best known book, *[The Wilder Shores of Love](/source/The_Wilder_Shores_of_Love)*, published in 1954. Chamberet spoke at the Oxford Literature Festival in 2015 with Philip Mansel about her experience of editing the memoir, and referenced a reissued earlier memoir *[Journey into the Mind's Eye](/source/Journey_into_the_Mind's_Eye)*.[19][20] A collection of Blanch's early journalism, biographical essays and travellers’ tales, *Far To Go and Many To Love: People and Places* was published by Quartet Books in 2017.[21]

De Chamberet wrote a series of articles about French counterculture for [3:AM Magazine](/source/3:AM_Magazine): *Paris is Burning*, *Beauty Victims*, *Paris is Burning ii* and *Paris is Burning iii.*[22][23][24] She was a columnist and reviewer for [Words Without Borders](/source/Words_Without_Borders) (2006–2010) and interviewed the travel writer, memoirist, journalist, [Duncan Fallowell](/source/Duncan_Fallowell) for *[Prospect Magazine](/source/Prospect_(magazine))*.[25][26][27][28]

In 2018, de Chamberet was a judge for the [Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation](/source/Saif_Ghobash_Banipal_Prize_for_Arabic_Literary_Translation), alongside Pete Ayrton, [Fadia Faqir](/source/Fadia_Faqir) and Sophia Vasalou.[29]

## Translations

- *Thinking Inside the Box* by Louis Saha (Vision Sports, 2012) ISBN 9781907637537[30]
- *A Call for Revolution* by The Dalai Lama (Rider, 2018) ISBN 9781846045899[31][2]
- *The Disappearance of Josef Mengele: A Novel* by Olivier Guez (Verso, 2020) ISBN 9781788735889[32][33][34]
- *A Restless Man: Portrait of the Artist as a Son, a Madman* by Gérard Garouste (Daniel Templon, 2021) ISBN 978-2-917515-38-9[35]

## References

1. ["Georgia de Chamberet at BookBlast Ltd - The Society of Authors"](https://www2.societyofauthors.org/soa-member/georgia-de-chamberet-at-bookblast-ltd/). 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Georgia de Chamberet"](https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/authors/chamberet-georgia-de). *www.shakespeareandcompany.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Obituary: Gael Elton Mayo"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-gael-elton-mayo-1558455.html). *The Independent*. 1992-10-19. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Naim Attallah obituary"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/naim-attallah-obituary-j2x86cfs9). 2024-03-06. [ISSN 0140-0460](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0140-0460). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["BookBlast Ltd."](https://www.firstwriter.com/listings/?name=BookBlast-Ltd-&id=17113). *firstwriter.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Wednesday Book: No Brie, but lots of ecstasy"](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/wednesday-book-no-brie-but-lots-of-ecstasy-1106265.html). *The Independent*. 1999-07-13. Retrieved 2024-03-07.

1. ["XCiTés: The Flamingo Book of Fresh French Writing – HarperCollins Publishers UK"](https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/xcites-the-flamingo-book-of-fresh-french-writing?variant=40403927629902). *harpercollins.co.uk*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Clark, Alex (2000-03-10). ["What they're reading in France"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/mar/10/internationalwriting.prixgoncourt). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Gallix, Andrew (2008-09-12). ["georgia de chamberet"](https://andrewgallix.com/tag/georgia-de-chamberet/). *ANDREW GALLIX*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Avec l’auteur Olivier Guez – Villa Albertine"](https://villa-albertine.org/events/disappearance-josef-mengele-discussion-olivier-guez-and-alison-james/). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Georgia de Chamberet: Independent voices"](https://bookanista.com/independent-voices/). *Bookanista*. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["My Top 5 travel pieces by Lesley Blanch"](https://www.virago.co.uk/author-post/2017/01/30/top-5-travel-pieces-lesley-blanch/). *Hachette UK*. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Fox, Margalit (2007-05-11). ["Lesley Blanch, 102, a Writer and Traveler, Dies"](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/arts/11blanch.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Shilling, Jane (2015-01-19). ["On the Wilder Shores of Love: a Bohemian Life by Lesley Blanch, review: 'deliciously readable'"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11347881/On-the-Wilder-Shores-of-Love-a-Bohemian-Life-by-Lesley-Blanch-review.html). *The Telegraph*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Chamberet, Georgia de (2017-01-24). ["Georgia de Chamberet: 'Lesley Blanch never apologised for who she was'"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/24/georgia-de-chamberet-lesley-blanch-on-the-wilder-shores-of-love). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Davenport-Hines, Richard (2024-03-06). ["Always Travel Heavy"](https://literaryreview.co.uk/always-travel-heavy-2). *Literary Review*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. cjschuler (2017-07-10). ["The battle against beige"](https://cjschuler.com/2017/07/10/229/). *C. J. Schüler*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Lesley Blanch: folle de Gary et d'Orient"](https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2018/06/27/03005-20180627ARTFIG00342-lesley-blanch-folle-de-gary-et-d-orient.php) (in French). *Le Figaro*. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Oxford Literary Festival"](https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/images/docs/FTWOLF_2015_composite_screen_res_(BM).pdf#page=52). *oxfordliteraryfestival.org*. 2015.

1. [""Russian Enough for You Here?": A Review of "Journey Into the Mind’s Eye" by Lesley Blanch"](https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/russian-enough-for-you-here-a-review-of-journey-into-the-minds-eye-by-lesley-blanch). *Los Angeles Review of Books*. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Valerie Grove - Queen of the Desert"](https://literaryreview.co.uk/queen-of-the-desert). *Literary Review*. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["3am REGULARS: PARIS IS BURING 1: BEAUTY VICTIMS"](https://www.3ammagazine.com/pib/2005/jul.html). *www.3ammagazine.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Paris is Burning II: Close Encounters of a European Kind – 3:AM Magazine"](https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/paris-is-burning-ii/). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Paris is Burning III – 3:AM Magazine"](https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/paris-is-burning-iii/). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Walch, Louis (2008-02-14). ["The A to Z of Literary Translation"](https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2008-02/the-a-to-z-of-literary-translation/). *Words Without Borders*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

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1. ["Georgia de Chamberet"](https://wordswithoutborders.org/contributors/view/georgia-de-chamberet/). *Words Without Borders*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Duncan Fallowell - An Interview"](http://www.duncanfallowell.com/web/prospect.htm). *www.duncanfallowell.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Banipal Trust for Arab Literature - The Banipal Translation Prize - The Judges 2018"](https://www.banipaltrust.org.uk/prize/judges.cfm?y=2018). *www.banipaltrust.org.uk*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. soladmin (2012-06-01). ["FSF Football Writers Awards 2012"](https://thefsa.org.uk/news/fsf-football-writers-awards-2012/). *Football Supporters' Association*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Lama, His Holiness The Dalai & Stril-Rever, Sofia. ["A Call for Revolution by Sofia Stril-Rever, His Holiness The Dalai Lama | Review | Spirituality & Practice"](https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/28636/a-call-for-revolution). *www.spiritualityandpractice.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. Cook, Jude. ["The Disappearance of Josef Mengele by Olivier Guez | Book review"](https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-disappearance-of-josef-mengele-olivier-guez-book-review-jude-cook/). *TLS*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

1. ["Books of the Year"](https://www.thewhitereview.org/feature/books-of-the-year-2023/). *The White Review*. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

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1. ["Gérard Garouste is back at Templon with books and a film | Paris Diary by Laure"](https://parisdiarybylaure.com/gerard-garouste-is-back-at-templon-with-books-and-a-film/). 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

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