1996 Death Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor, dies at 59 1996 Death Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator, dies at 70 1996 Death Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82 1996 Death Amelia Rosselli, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, dies at 65 1995 Death Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62 1995 Death Philip Owen A Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator, dies at 72 1995 Death Patrick Bowles, writer/translator, dies at 68 1995 Death Igor Hajek, translator/writer, dies at 64 1995 Death Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator, dies at 85 1994 Death Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77 1994 Death Jean Gattegno, translator/scholar, dies at 58 1993 Death Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72 1993 Death Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator, dies at 72 1992 Death Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79 1992 Death Ralph Manheim, translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85 1987 Death John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73 1985 Death Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67 1979 Death Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65 1967 Death Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday 1960 Death F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74 1955 Death Cornelis GN de Vooys, translator, dies at 82 1953 Death Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/translator (spelling), dies at 58 1949 Birthday Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994 1946 Death Constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 1944 Birthday Christoph Hein, born in Bad Duben, Germany, writer, prize-winning author, translator, studied philosophy, wrote 1982 novella The Distant Lover 1937 Birthday Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor 1936 Birthday August Willemsen, Dutch poet/translator 1935 Birthday Jean Gattegno, translator/scholar 1934 Birthday Mark Strand, American poet/editor/translator, Another Republic 1933 Birthday Jacques Molicard, translator and navigator 1931 Birthday Igor Hajek, translator/writer 1930 Birthday Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1927 Birthday Oskar Pastior, born in Sibiu, Romania, poet, writer, translator, studied German at University of Bucharest, translated Romanian literature into German, among other works by Tudor Arghezi, Tristan Tzara, Gellu Naum, Urmuz 1927 Birthday Patrick Bowles, writer/translator 1926 Birthday Robert Bly, U.S., poet/editor/translator, Loving a Woman in 2 Worlds 1926 Death Nicolaus Adriani, translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60 1926 Birthday Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator 1922 Birthday Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator 1922 Birthday Donald L. Keene, born in New York City, Japanese translator/critic 1921 Birthday Michael Meyer, UK, novelist/Ibsen translator, Hedda Gabler 1921 Birthday Max de Metz, Dutch publisher and translator 1914 Birthday Marthe Robert, essayist/translator 1914 Birthday Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 1909 Death Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/translator, dies at 53 1909 Birthday Kenton Kilmer, poet and translator 1907 Birthday Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer, Russia Black on White 1905 Birthday Kenneth Rexroth, U.S., poet, critic and translator Birds in the Bush 1902 Birthday Langston Hughes, poet/translator, Weary Blues 1901 Birthday Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet, critic and translator Nobel 1959 1900 Birthday Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros 1899 Death Carl A E Ahlqvist, A Oksanen, Finnish translator, dies at 63 1896 Birthday Eugenio Montale, born in Italy, poet/translator, Xenia-Nobel 1975 1889 Birthday Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese and Japanese 1885 Birthday F S Flint, born in London, England, translator/poet, imagist movement 1882 Birthday Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyrologist/translator 1881 Birthday Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator, Enfantines 1873 Birthday Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman 1873 Birthday Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder, New Taalgids 1873 Birthday Everard Verachtert, Flemish translator, I speak beschaafd Dutch 1873 Birthday Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Radi Ukraine, Hebrew poet/translator 1866 Death Gergely Czuczor, Hungarian/Czechoslovakian poet/translator, dies at 65 1861 Birthday Constance [Clara] Garnett, Brighton England, Russian-English translator 1861 Death Vaclav Hanka, Czechoslovakian author/translator/forger, dies at 69 1852 Death Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69 1849 Birthday Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic, Father and Son 1845 Death John Kinker, translator/philosopher/poet, dies at 81 1844 Death Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies 1835 Death Henry Doeff, translator (Dutch-Japanese dictionary), dies at 57 1830 Birthday Eelco Refer, linguist, Dictionary for the Dutch translator 1821 Birthday Richard Burton, explorer/translator, Arabian Nights 1806 Death Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian, dies at 74 1801 Birthday Edward William Lane, translator, Thousand and 1 Nights 1800 Birthday Gergely Czuczor, Hungarian/Czechoslovakian poet/translator, Great Hung dictionary 1794 Death Ramon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/translator, dies at 62 1783 Birthday Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homer 1783 Birthday Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homerus 1778 Death Balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83 1767 Birthday August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/translator/critic 1754 Birthday Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator, Al Signor di Montgolfier 1729 Birthday Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator 1702 Death Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41 1695 Birthday Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator and historian 1674 Death Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies 1666 Death Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies 1660 Birthday Peter Rabus, poet/translator, Liberated Britanje 1607 Death Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 1604 Birthday John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized 1569 Death Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 1568 Death Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 1550 Birthday John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator 1513 Birthday Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne 1480 Death Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies 1472 Death Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37 1434 Birthday Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator 1384 Death John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies
