- Source: Frances Riddle
Frances Riddle (born in Raleigh, North Carolina. Grew up in Houston, TX.) is an American-born literary translator, specializing in the translation of contemporary Latin American literature into English.
She has a BA in Spanish Language and Literature from Louisiana State University and an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Buenos Aires. To date, she has translated more than a dozen novels for leading translation houses such as New Directions Publishing, Dalkey Archive Press and Charco Press. Originally from Houston, Texas, she lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In April 2022, Riddle's translation of Claudia Piñeiro's novel Elena Knows was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Selected translations
A Simple Story: The Last Malambo by Leila Guerriero
Slum Virgin by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Bodies of Summer by Martín Felipe Castagnet
The German Room by Carla Maliandi
The Abandoned House by Mario Levrero
The Life and Deaths of Ethel Jurado by Gregorio Casamayor
Cockfight by María Fernanda Ampuero
Not One Less by María Pía López
Plebian Prose by Néstor Perlongher
Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
Violeta by Isabel Allende
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- George Gershwin
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Kompas
- Daftar pemeran film Harry Potter
- Kekaisaran Partia
- Daqin
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Livia
- Arthur Cecil Pigou
- Daftar penulis bacaan anak
- Frances Riddle
- Claudia Piñeiro
- Violeta (novel)
- María Fernanda Ampuero
- Latin American Gothic
- Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
- International Booker Prize
- I Am Rome
- Martín Felipe Castagnet
- Sara Gallardo
