Suzanne Jill Levine is an American writer, poet, literary translator and scholar.Bio of Suzanne Jill Levine
/ref> Levine was born in

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where she studied piano at

Juilliard The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most elit ...

and went to Music & Art High School. She earned a BA at

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely follo ...

in 1967, an MA at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1969,Suzanne Jill Levine, poet
/ref> and a PhD at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

in 1977. A scholar of

Latin American literature Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and the indigenous languages of the Americas. It rose to particular prominence globally during the ...

, her books include one of the first studies of

Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one ...

's '' One Hundred Years of Solitude'' and

Adolfo Bioy Casares Adolfo Bioy Casares (; 15 September 1914 – 8 March 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges. He is the author of the Fan ...

, both published in Spanish. She is also a leading specialist in

Translation Studies Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting, and Language localisation, localization. As an interdiscipline, translation studies borr ...

and

Comparative Literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...

. Her 1991 book, ''The Subversive Scribe,'' was influential on the development of translation theory in the United States and elsewhere. She has written two poetry chapbooks and hundreds of essays in major anthologies and journals. She is a translator of a range of writers including

Silvina Ocampo Silvina Ocampo (28 July 1903 – 14 December 1993) was an Argentine short story writer, poet, and artist. Ocampo's friend and collaborator Jorge Luis Borges called Ocampo "one of the greatest poets in the Spanish language, whether on this side o ...

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, Cecilia Vicuña,

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known bo ...

Manuel Puig Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are '' La traición de Rita Hayworth'' (''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', 1968), ''Boquitas pint ...

Carlos Fuentes Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), '' Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), ''The Old Gringo'' (1985) and ''Christophe ...

José Donoso José Manuel Donoso Yáñez (5 October 1924 – 7 December 1996), known as José Donoso, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United ...

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and

Guillermo Cabrera Infante Guillermo Cabrera Infante (; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín, and used Guillermo Cain for the screenplay of th ...

. Levine is an honorary member of

IAPTI The International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI) is an international professional association of translators and interpreters based in Argentina. History Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, IAPTI was established o ...

. She has been recipient of numerous grants and awards from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and for the Humanities (NEH).

Awards (selection)

* PEN Center USA's Translation Award 2012PEN Center USA's Translation Award
/ref> * John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship 1997 * PEN American Gregory Kolovakis Award in Hispanic Letters 1996 * Rockefeller Fellow, Villa Serbelloni Residency, Lake Como 1998

Selected bibliography

Books

* ''El espejo hablado: un estudio de Cien años de soledad'' (1975) * ''Guia de

'' (1982) * ''The Subversive Scribe: Translating Latin American Fiction'' (Graywolf Press, 1991; Dalkey Archive, 2009). * ''

and the Spider Woman: His Life and Fictions'' (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001; Faber & Faber, 2000; University of Wisconsin, 2001).

Poems

* ''Reckoning'' (Finishing Line, 2012)

Translations

* ''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', by

(Dutton, 1971; Avon Books; Random House; Dalkey Archive, 2009). * ''

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,'' by

(trans. with Donald Gardner) (Harper & Row, 1971; Avon Books, 1985, Faber & Faber, 1990). * ''Triple Cross'', a volume of three novellas: ''Hell Has No Limits'', by

; ''Holy Place'', by

; ''From Cuba with a Song,'' by

Severo Sarduy Severo Sarduy (February 25, 1937 – June 8, 1993) was a Cubans, Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art. Some of his works deal explicitly with male homosexuality and transvestism. Biography Born in a working-class ...

(1972). * ''All Fires the Fire'', short stories by

(1973; Pantheon, 1988). * ''Heartbreak Tango,'' by Manuel Puig (Dutton, 1973; Random House; Dalkey Archive, 2010). * ''A Plan for Escape'', by

(Dutton, 1975; Graywolf Press, 1988). * ''Cobra,'' by Severo Sarduy (Dutton, 1975). * ''The Buenos Aires Affair,'' by Manuel Puig (Dutton, 1976; Random House, 1980; Faber & Faber, 1989; Dalkey Archive, 2010). * ''Asleep in the Sun'', by Adolfo Bioy Casares (Persea Books, 1978; Dutton, 1989). * ''View of Dawn in the Tropics,'' by Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Harper & Row, 1978). * ''A House in the Country'', by José Donoso (trans. with David Pritchard) (Alfred A. Knopf, 1984; Random House, 1985). * ''Infante’s Inferno'', by Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Harper & Row, 1984; Avon Books; Faber & Faber, 1987). * ''Maitreya,'' by Severo Sarduy (Ediciones del Norte, 1987). * ''Adventures of a Photographer in La Plata,'' by Adolfo Bioy Casares (Dutton, 1989; Penguin; Bloomsbury). * ''Larva'', by

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(trans. with Richard Alan Francis) (Dalkey Archive, 1990). * ''Tropical Night Falling'', by Manuel Puig (Simon & Schuster, 1991; Faber & Faber, 1992). * ''Unravelling Words & the Weaving of Water'', by Cecilia Vicuña (trans. with

Eliot Weinberger Eliot Weinberger (born 6 February 1949 in New York City) is a contemporary American literature, American writer, essayist, editing, editor, and translation, translator. He is primarily known for his literary writings (essays) and political articles ...

) (Graywolf Press, 1991). * ''A Russian Doll and Other Stories'', by Adolfo Bioy Casares (New Directions, 1992). * ''The Selected Stories of Adolfo Bioy Casares'' (New Directions, 1994). * ''Christ on the Rue Jacob'', by Severo Sarduy (trans. with Carol Maier) (Mercury House, 1995). * ''Selected Non-Fictions'' ''by

'' (edited by Eliot Weinberger; trans. with Esther Allen and Eliot Weinberger) (Viking, 1999). * ''Beach Birds'', by Severo Sarduy, (trans. with Carol Maier) (Otis Books/Seismicity Editions, 2007). *''The Lizard's Tale'', by José Donoso (2011). *''Mundo Cruel: Stories'', by

Luis Negrón Luis Negrón (born 1970 in Guayama, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican writer. Negrón originally studied journalism, which he said taught him how to write and gave him confidence. He lives in Santurce, a barrio in San Juan, and works in a booksto ...

(2013). *''Where There’s Love, There’s Hate'', by

(trans. with Jessica Powell) (Melville House, 2013). * ''The Taiga Syndrome'', by

Cristina Rivera Garza Cristina Rivera Garza (born October 1, 1964) is a Mexican author and professor best known for her fictional work, with various novels such as ''Nadie me verá llorar'' (''No One Will See Me Cry'') winning a number of Mexico’s highest literary a ...

(trans. with Aviva Kana) (Dorothy Project, 2018). * ''The Promise'', by Silvina Ocampo (trans. with Jessica Powell) (City Lights, 2019). *''Forgotten Journey'', by Silvina Ocampo (trans. with Katie Lateef-Jan) (City Lights, 2019). * ''Bezoar and Other Unsettling Stories'', by

Guadalupe Nettel Guadalupe Nettel (born 1973) is a Mexican writer. She has published four novels, including ''The Body Where I Was Born'' (2011) and '' After the Winter'' (2014). She won the Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero and the Premio Herralde liter ...

(Seven Stories Press, 2020).

References

External links

Website of Suzanne Jill Levine
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