Syracuse Florence is proud to congratulate Professor David Broder, who teaches courses on 20th-Century Europe and Modern Italy at our program, on winning the 2025 Albertine Translation Prize. The prize, awarded annually by Villa Albertine — the French cultural institution in the United States — honors outstanding translators of contemporary French works into English and carries a $5,000 award allocated directly to the translator.
Professor Broder won the prize for his English translation of Malika Rahal’s Algeria 1962: A People’s History, translated from the French Algérie 1962. Une Histoire populaire. The book offers a richly detailed account of the experiences of ordinary Algerians during the turbulent transition from French colonial rule to independence and is forthcoming from Penguin Random House. The award was presented at a ceremony at Villa Albertine’s New York headquarters on February 12, 2026.
David Broder is a Rome-based writer, translator, and historian with a PhD in International History from the London School of Economics, specializing in modern European history. We are delighted to see his work recognized at such a high level, and we look forward to the book’s publication.