Gregory Rabassa - Definition and Overview

Gregory Rabassa (b. 9 March 1922) is a renowned literary translator. He was born in Yonkers, New York, USA, to a family headed by a Cuban émigré.

His chief working languages are Spanish and Portuguese. He has produced English-language versions of novels by many major novelists writing in those languages, including Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and Jorge Amado.

Translations

• Julio Cortázar
  • Hopscotch, 1966 ("Rayuela")
  • A Manual for Manuel, 1978 ("Libro de Manuel")
  • , ("62: Modelo para Armar")

• Gabriel García Márquez
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1970 ("Cien años de soledad")
  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold, 1982 ("Crónica de una muerte anunciada")
  • Leaf Storm ("La hojarasca")

• José Lezama Lima
  • Paradiso ("Paradiso")

• Mario Vargas Llosa
  • Conversation in the Cathedral ("Conversación en la catedral")

• Machado de Assis
  • Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas ("Memórias Póstumas de Bras Cubas")
  • Quincas Borba ("Quincas Borba")

• António Lobo Antunes
  • Fado Alexandrino ("Fado Alexandrino")
  • The Return of the Caravels ("As Naus")

• Osman Lins
  • Avalovara ("Avalovara")

• Jorge Amado
  • Captains of the Sand ("Capitães da Areia")

External link

• Profile: "A Translator's Long Journey, Page by Page" (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/25/books/25RABA.html?ex=1086508264&ei=1&en=3c126bf247b9e504) (New York Times)