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