Howard Curtis (born 1949) is a British translator of

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and

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fiction. He won the 2013

Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation The Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation was a literary prize awarded in the United Kingdom from 1996 until 2017 to the translator of an outstanding work of fiction for young readers translated into English. The award was given e ...

for his translation from Italian of ''In the Sea there are Crocodiles'' by

Fabio Geda Fabio Geda (born 1 March 1972) is an Italian novelist. Born in Turin, Geda graduated in Communication Sciences Communication studies or communication science is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and beh ...

.English Speaking Union: Howard Curtis wins the 2013 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation

Translations

Translations from French

* ''Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself In'' by

Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Early life and education ...

. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. * ''Memoirs from Elsinore'' by

Franz Hellens Franz Hellens, born Frédéric van Ermengem (8 September 1881, in Brussels – 20 January 1972, in Brussels) was a prolific Belgian novelist, poet and critic. Although of Flemish descent, he wrote entirely in French, and lived in Paris from 1947 t ...

. Translation of ''Mémoires d'Elseneur''. New York: Peter Lang, 2000. * '' The Officers' Ward,'' by

Marc Dugain Marc Dugain (born 1957) is a French novelist and film director, best known for ''La Chambre des Officiers'' (English, '' The Officers' Ward'') (1999), a novel set in World War I. Dugain was born in Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pu ...

. Translated from ''Chambre des officiers''. 2001. * ''Submission: A Novel'' by Marthe Blau. Translated from ''Entre ses mains''. London: Black Swan, 2004. * ''

Total Chaos Total may refer to: Mathematics * Total, the summation of a set of numbers * Total order, a partial order without incomparable pairs * Total relation, which may also mean ** connected relation (a binary relation in which any two elements are compa ...

'' by

Jean-Claude Izzo Jean-Claude Izzo (Marseille 20 June 1945 – Marseille 26 January 2000) was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with the publication of his three neo-noir crime novels ''Total Chaos'', ...

. Translated from ''Total Khéops''. New York: Europa Editions, 2005. * ''

Chourmo ''Chourmo'' is the second book of French author Jean-Claude Izzo Jean-Claude Izzo (Marseille 20 June 1945 – Marseille 26 January 2000) was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with ...

'' by

. New York: Europa Editions, 2006. * ''The Lost Sailors'' by

. Translated from ''Marins perdus''. New York: Europa Editions, 2007. * ''

Solea Solea may refer to: * Solea, a simple sandal with a thong between the toes and a hobnailed sole from Roman times * Soleá, a form of Flamenco music * ''Solea'' (novel) by Jean-Claude Izzo * Soléa, a public transit system in the French city of Mul ...

'' by

. New York: Europa Editions, 2007. * '' The Vendetta'' by

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 179 ...

. London: Hesperus, 2008. * ''Mary of Nazareth: a Novel'' by

Marek Halter Marek Halter is a French writer and activist, known best for his historical novels, which have been translated into English, Polish, Hebrew, and many other languages. Biography He was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1936. During World War II, he ...

. Translated from ''Marie''. New York: Crown Publishers, 2008. * ''A Sun for the Dying'' by

. Translated from ''Soleil des mourants''. New York: Europa Editions, 2008. * ''Zulu'' by

Caryl Férey Caryl is both a unisex given name and surname. As a given name, it is an alternate form of Carol that is common for women and Carroll that is uncommon for men. It is also an uncommon surname. Given name * Caryl Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot (1877–1961 ...

. New York: Europa Editions, 2010. * ''Guys Like Me'' by

Dominique Fabre Dominique Fabre (born in Paris in 1960 in literature, 1960) is a French novelist who focuses "on the lives of individuals on the margins of society." Books * ''Moi aussi un jour j'irai loin'', 1995 * ''Ma vie d'Edgar'', 1998 * ''Celui qui n'est ...

. New York: New Vessel Press, 2015. * ''The Snow was Dirty'' by

. London: Penguin Random House UK, 2016. * ''

Maigret and the Headless Corpse ''Maigret and the Headless Corpse'' (French: ''Maigret et le corps sans tête'') is a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. Overview When a man's arm is fished out of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, Maigret and his colleagues are ...

'' by

. London: Penguin Random House UK, 2017.

Translations from Italian

* ''A Walk in the Dark'' by

Gianrico Carofiglio Gianrico Carofiglio (born 30 May 1961) is a novelist and former anti-Mafia judge in the Italian city of Bari. His debut novel, ''Involuntary Witness'', published in 2002 and translated into English in 2005 by Patrick Creagh, was published by the Bi ...

. Translated from ''Ad occhi chiusi''. London: Bitter Lemon, 2006. * ''A Private Affair'' by

Beppe Fenoglio Beppe Fenoglio (; born Giuseppe Fenoglio 1 March 1922 in Alba (CN) – 18 February 1963 in Turin) was an Italian writer, partisan and translator from English. The works of Fenoglio have two main themes: the rural world of the Langhe and the I ...

. Translated from ''Una questione privata''. London: Hesperus, 2006. * ''The Past is a Foreign Country'' by

. Translated from ''Il passato è una terra straniera''. London: Old Street, 2007. * '' The Turn'' by

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...

. Translated from ''Il turno''. London: Hesperus, 2007. * ''The Death of a Mafia Don'' by

Michele Giuttari Michele (), is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael. Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...

. London: Abacus, 2009. * ''Who is Lou Sciortino'' by

Ottavio Cappellani Ottavio is the Italian form of Octavius. Its feminine given name version is Ottavia. Ottavio may refer to: Given name * Ottavio Cinquanta, the President of the International Skating Union * Ottavio Leoni, Italian painter * Ottavio Piccolomini, (1 ...

. Translated from ''Chi è Lou Sciortino?''. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. * ''A Death in Calabria'' by

. London: Little, Brown, 2010. * ''In the Sea There are Crocodiles: The Story of Enaiatollah Akbari'' by

. Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2011.

Translations from Spanish

* ''Tierra del Fuego'' by

Francisco Coloane Francisco Coloane Cárdenas (; July 19, 1910 – August 5, 2002) was a Chilean novelist and short fiction writer whose works have been translated into many languages. Some of his books were adapted to theatre and film. Biography He was born in ...

. New York: Europa Editions, 2008. * ''The Shadow of What We Were'' by

Luis Sepúlveda Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura (October 4, 1949 – April 16, 2020) was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the ...

. Translated from ''Sombra de lo que fuimos''. New York : Europa Editions, 2011.

References

External links

Q&A with Howard Curtis
* Dan Wickett

6 June 2007 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Howard 1949 births Living people British translators French–English translators Italian–English translators Literary translators Winners of the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation