William Weaver
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 11 years ago |
Date of birth | July 24,1923 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Washington |
D.C. | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 12,2013 |
Died | Rhinebeck |
New York | |
United States | |
Job | Translator |
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Education | Princeton University |
Awards | National Book Award for Translation |
PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation | |
Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada | |
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ID | 2542174 |
William Weaver Life story
William Fense Weaver was an English language translator of modern Italian literature. Weaver was best known for his translations of the work of Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, and Italo Calvino, but translated many other Italian authors over the course of a career that spanned more than fifty years.