Liana M. Johnson (1929–2007)

Author of The Crying of Lot 49

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Includes the name: Liana Burgess

The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) — Traduttore, some editions — 12,132 copies, 212 reviews

V. (1963) — Traduttore, some editions — 5,861 copies, 43 reviews

Justine (1957) — Traduttore, some editions — 2,988 copies, 64 reviews

Balthazar (1958) — Traduttore, some editions — 1,719 copies, 29 reviews

The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy (1972) — Traduttore, some editions — 632 copies, 13 reviews

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Legal name: Burgess, Liana
Other names: Macellari, Liliana (birth name)
Johnson, Liana M. (previous married name)
Birthdate: 1929-09-25
Date of death: 2007-12-03
Gender: female
Education: University of Bologna
Sorbonne, Paris, France
Mount Holyoke College (Fulbright scholar)
Occupations: translator
linguist
university lecturer
literary agent
Relationships: Burgess, Anthony (former spouse|his death)
Short biography: Liliana Macellari's first husband was an American translator (English > Italian) named Benjamin Johnson, but he doesn't appear to be a LibraryThing author (yet).
Nationality: Italy
Birthplace: Porto Civitanova, Marche, Italy
Places of residence: Civitanova, Marche, Italy
Rome, Italy
London, England, UK
Cambridge, England, UK
Malta
Monaco
Place of death: Monaco