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His chief working languages are Spanish and Portuguese. He has produced English-language versions of novels by many major novelists writing in those languages, including Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and Jorge Amado.

1 Translations

• Julio Cortázar
  • Hopscotch, 1966 ("Rayuela")
  • A Manual for Manuel , 1978 ("Libro de Manuel")

• Gabriel García Márquez
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1970 ("Cien años de soledad")
  • Chronicle of a Death ForetoldChronicle of a Death Foretold (original Spanish title: Cronica de una muerte anunciada is a short novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar. It was translated, 1982 ("Crónica de una muerte anunciada")
  • Leaf Storm ("La hojarasca")

• José Lezama LimaJose Lezama Lima ( December 19 1910- 1976) is one of the most influential poets and writers in Latin American literature. Born in the Columbia Encampment close to La Habana where his father was a coronel, Lezama lived through the most turbulent times of C
  • Paradiso ("Paradiso")

• Mario Vargas LlosaThe Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa (born March 28, 1936) is one of Latin America's leading novelists and essayists. Born in Arequipa, to a middle class family, Vargas Llosa attended Peruvian private and military schools. He attended graduate school in
  • Conversation in the Cathedral ("Conversación en la catedral")

2 External link

• Profile: "A Translator's Long Journey, Page by Page" ( New York Times)