Aaron Asher

Aaron Asher is an American editor and literary translator, recognised for his work moving major European literature into English. His translation of The Book of Laughter and Forgetting helped establish Milan Kundera's reputation with English-speaking readers.

A longtime figure in American publishing, Asher has been associated with some of the country's most prestigious houses and worked closely with leading international authors. His translations are valued for their fidelity and rhythm, qualities essential to capturing prose as carefully engineered as Kundera's.