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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

Selected Poems 1923-1967 (1970) — Editor — 116 copies

The Lesson of the Master: On Borges and His Work (2002) 31 copies

1900 (1976) 25 copies

Celeste Goes Dancing and Other Stories: An Argentine Collection (1990) 22 copies

In memory of Borges (1988) 15 copies

Georgie and Elsa: Jorge Luis Borges and His Wife: The Untold Story (2014) 15 copies

The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory 14 copies

What About Reb (2017) 5 copies

My Father's Village (English and Italian Edition) (2018) 3 copies

Tillie and the Tailor (2017) 2 copies

A Painful Duty (2018) 2 copies

Novecento 2 copies

The Garden of Branching Paths 1 copy

Roman Tales 1 copy

'One mind at work: translating Borges with Borges' in TLS 5019, 11 June 1999 1 copy

1900 (1977) 1 copy

Ustanin Dersi Borges Ve Yapilari Üstüne (2008) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Book of Imaginary Beings (1957) — Translator, some editions — 2,693 copies

The Aleph and Other Stories (1949) — Translator, some editions — 2,189 copies

The Book of Sand (1975) — Translator, some editions — 1,419 copies

A Universal History of Infamy (1935) — Translator, some editions — 1,399 copies

Chronicles of Bustos Domecq (1967) — Translator, some editions — 304 copies

Elogio dell'ombra (1969) — Editor, some editions — 212 copies

The Slaughteryard (1871) — Translator, some editions — 59 copies

The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis (1984) — Translator, some editions — 46 copies

The Book of Sand, and The Gold of the Tigers: Selected Later Poems — Translator, some editions — 32 copies

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Common Knowledge

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

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William Ferguson Translator

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Cesar Bennert Translator

Statistics

Works: 17
Also by: 9
Members: 257
Popularity: #89,245
Rating: 4.1

ISBNs: 25
Languages: 2

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