Edith Marion Grossman was an American literary translator. Known for her work translating Latin American and Spanish literature to English, she translated the works of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, Mayra Montero, Augusto Monterroso, Jaime Manrique, Julián Ríos, Álvaro Mutis, and Miguel de Cervantes. She was a recipient of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and the 2022 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation.Wikipedia →
Translations
Last Waltz in Santiago, and other poems of exile and disappearance
Pastel de choclo by Ariel Dorfman
English · Penguin · 1988
Death in the Andes
Lituma en los Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
English · Picador · 1996
In the Palm of Darkness
Tú, la oscuridad by Mayra Montero
English · Harper · 1998
The Last Night I Spent With You
La última noche que pasé contigo by Mayra Montero
English · Harper · 2001
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
Empresas y tribulaciones de Maqroll el Gaviero by Álvaro Mutis
English · NYRB · 2002
The Feast of the Goat
La Fiesta del Chivo by Mario Vargas Llosa
English · Picador · 2002
In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land
In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land by Ariel Dorfman
English · Duke University Press · 2002
The Red of His Shadow
Del rojo de su sombra by Mayra Montero
English · Ecco Press · 2002
Deep Purple
Púrpura profundo by Mayra Montero
English · HarperCollins · 2003
The General in His Labyrinth
El general en su laberinto by Gabriel García Márquez
English · Vintage · 2003
Love in the Time of Cholera
El amor en los tiempos del cólera by Gabriel García Márquez
English · Vintage · 2003
Mascara
Máscaras by Ariel Dorfman
English · Seven Stories Press · 2004
Don Quixote
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes
English · Ecco Press · 2005
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Memoria de mis putas tristes by Gabriel García Márquez
English · Vintage · 2006
Strange Pilgrims
Doce cuentos peregrinos by Gabriel García Márquez
English · Vintage · 2006
Captain of the Sleepers
El capitán de los dormidos by Mayra Montero
English · Picador · 2007
Dancing to "Almendra": A Novel
Son de Almendra by Mayra Montero
English · Picador · 2007
The Bad Girl
Travesuras de la niña mala by Mario Vargas Llosa
English · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2008
News of a Kidnapping
Noticia de un secuestro by Gabriel García Márquez
English · Vintage · 2008
Of Love and Other Demons
Del amor y otros demonios by Gabriel García Márquez
English · Vintage · 2008
The Dream of the Celt
El sueño del celta by Mario Vargas Llosa
English · Picador · 2013
The Ingenious Gentleman and Poet Federico García Lorca Ascends to Hell
El Ingenioso hidalgo y poeta Federico García Lorca asciende a los infiernos by Carlos Rojas Vila
English · Yale University Press · 2013
Living to Tell the Tale
Vivir para contarla by Gabriel García Márquez
English · Penguin · 2014
The Discreet Hero
El héroe discreto by Mario Vargas Llosa
English · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2015
The Messenger
Como un mensajero tuyo by Mayra Montero
English · Penguin · 2015
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Inundación castálida by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
English · W. W. Norton · 2015
Maqroll's Prayer and Other Poems
Summa de Maqroll el Gaviero: Poesía 1948–1997 by Álvaro Mutis
English · NYRB · 2017
Exemplary Novels
Novelas exemplares by Miguel de Cervantes
English · Yale University Press · 2018
The Valley of the Fallen
Valley of the Fallen by Carlos Rojas Vila
English · Yale University Press · 2018