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Edith Grossman

Portrait of translator Edith Grossman
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Edith Grossman

United States

Edith Grossman (1936–2023) began working as a professional translator in 1972, and a full-time translator in 1990. Her translations of writers such as Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Carlos Fuentes are contemporary classics. Her translation of Don Quixote is widely considered a masterpiece. 

Articles by Edith Grossman

Edith Grossman is seated and looks away from the camera toward the stage.
Edith Grossman at the 2019 WWB Gala. Photo credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Why Translation Matters
By Edith Grossman
Aren’t we simply the humble, anonymous handmaids-and-men of literature, the grateful, ever-obsequious servants of the publishing industry?