Annelise Finegan directs the graduate program in translation and interpreting at New York University in the Center for Publishing, Writing, and Media. Her translations from Chinese include novels, plays, short stories, and nonfiction by contemporary and historical authors, including most recently The Enchanting Lives of Others by Can Xue (Yale University Press, 2026).
These publications have received the Best Translated Book Award for Fiction and a PEN Translates grant, and have been longlisted for the International Booker Prize, the National Translation Award (US), and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (UK).
Finegan has also worked for academic and textbook publishers as an acquisitions editor, publishing coordinator, bilingual copy editor, and project manager. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis.