Frances Frenaye Lanza was an American translator of French and Italian literature. She translated work by writers including Giovanni Guareschi, Balzac, Carlo Levi, Natalia Ginzburg, Ignazio Silone, Elie Wiesel, Alberto Moravia, Dacia Maraini, and Antonio Tabucchi, and received significant praise from critics. For her 1976 translation of Giuseppe Dessì's Paese d'ombre, Frenaye was awarded the John Florio Prize for Italian Translation; her translations of Georges Blond's The Plunderers and Henri-René Lenormand's Renée earned her the 1951 Denyse Clairouin Memorial Award.
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Bitter Honeymoon, and Other Stories
I racconti, 1927–1951 by Alberto Moravia
English · Granada · 1954
The Bay is Not Naples
Il mare non bagna Napoli by Anna Maria Ortese
English · Collins · 1955
Women Of Messina
Le donne di Messina by Elio Vittorini
English · New Directions · 1973
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Little Misunderstandings of No Importance
Piccoli equivoci senza importanza by Antonio Tabucchi
English · New Directions · 1989
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Sparrow
Storia di una capinera by Giovanni Verga
English · Italica Press · 1997
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The Dry Heart
È stato così by Natalia Ginzburg
English · New Directions · 2019
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Message from the Shadows
Piccoli equivoci senza importanza by Antonio Tabucchi
English · Archipelago Books · 2019
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Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of A Year
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli by Carlo Levi
English · Picador · 2020
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