Grossman, Edith (1936–)
Grossman, Edith (1936–)
American translator. Born Mar 22, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania AB, MA; New York University, PhD; married and divorced; children: 2 sons.
Foremost translator of Latin American fiction and poetry, work includes Mayra Montero's Deep Purple, Alvaro Mutis's The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, Mario Vargas Llosa's The Feast of the Goat, Cervantes's Don Quixote, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera and Living to Tell the Tale.
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