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Norman Thomas di Giovanni (1933–2017)

Author of Selected Poems 1923-1967

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About the Author

Editor and translator Norman Thomas Di Giovanni was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1933. He graduated from Antioch College in 1955 and met Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges in 1967. He collaborated with Borges on English versions of ten of his books. The first, The Book of Imaginary Beings, was show more published in 1969. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Norman Thomas di Giovanni

Associated Works

The Book of Imaginary Beings (1957) — Translator, some editions — 3,001 copies, 30 reviews
The Aleph and Other Stories (1949) — Translator, some editions — 2,508 copies, 34 reviews
A Universal History of Infamy (1935) — Translator, some editions — 1,620 copies, 32 reviews
The Book of Sand (1975) — Translator, some editions — 1,557 copies, 28 reviews
Chronicles of Bustos Domecq (1967) — Translator, some editions — 341 copies, 2 reviews
In Praise of Darkness (1969) — Editor, some editions — 250 copies, 4 reviews
The Slaughteryard (1871) — Translator, some editions — 78 copies, 4 reviews
The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis (1984) — Translator, some editions — 51 copies
The Book of Sand, and The Gold of the Tigers: Selected Later Poems — Translator, some editions — 49 copies

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Birthdate
1933
Date of death
2017-02-16
Gender
male
Education
Antioch College
Occupations
translator
editor
Awards and honors
Guggenheim Fellowship
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Associated Place (for map)
USA

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Richard Wilbur Translator
Richard Howard Translator
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Ben Belitt Translator
William Ferguson Translator
Alistair Reid Translator
Cesar Bennert Translator

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292
Popularity
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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Languages
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