Nick Caistor
Nick Caistor (born 15 July 1946) is a British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of Spanish, French, and Portuguese literature. He is a past winner of the Valle-Inclán Prize for translation.[1] He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, the BBC World Service, The Times Literary Supplement, and The Guardian.[2] He lives in Norwich, and is married to fellow translator Amanda Hopkinson, with whom he frequently collaborates in his translation work.[3]
As translator
[edit]- Luis Gutiérrez Maluenda, Music for the Dead
- César Aira, The Hare
- Roberto Arlt, The Seven Madmen
- Dulce Chacón, The Sleeping Voice
- Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym (with Amanda Hopkinson)
- Edgardo Cozarinsky, The Bride from Odessa
- Edgardo Cozarinsky, The Moldavian Pimp
- Rolo Diez, Tequila Blue
- Eugenio Dittborn, Mapa: Airmail Paintings (with Claudia Rousseau)
- Carlos María Domínguez, The House of Paper (with Peter Sis)
- Ildefonso Falcones, Cathedral of the Sea
- Rodolfo Fogwill, Malvinas Requiem
- Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett, Dog Day
- Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett, Prime Time Suspect
- Martín Kohan, Seconds Out
- Martín Kohan, School For Patriots
- Pedro Mairal, The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra
- Juan Marsé, Shanghai Nights
- Alberto Méndez, Blind Sunflowers
- Eduardo Mendoza, A Light Comedy
- Eduardo Mendoza, An Englishman in Madrid
- Eduardo Mendoza, The Year of the Flood
- Eduardo Mendoza, The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt
- Eduardo Mendoza, No Word from Gurb
- Andrés Neuman, Talking to Ourselves
- Andrés Neuman, Traveler of the Century (with Lorenza Garcia)
- Juan Carlos Onetti, The Shipyard
- Guillermo Orsi, No-one Loves a Policeman
- Guillermo Orsi, Holy City
- Hernando Calvo Ospina, ¡Salsa!: Havana Heat, Bronx Beat
- Isabel Allende, The Japanese Lover
- Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
- Félix J. Palma, The Map of Time
- Félix J. Palma, The Map of the Sky
- Alan Pauls, The Past
- Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León, Five Black Ships: A Novel of the Discoverers
- Carmen Posadas, Child's Play (with Amanda Hopkinson)
- Julián Ríos, Procession of Shadows
- Alonso Salazar, Born to Die in Medellín (with introduction by Colin Harding)
- Carolina Sanín, The Children
- José Saramago, Journey to Portugal (with Amanda Hopkinson)
- Lorenzo Silva, The Faint-Hearted Bolshevik (with Isabelle Kaufeler)
- Dominique Sylvain, The Dark Angel: A Diesel and Jost Investigation
- Valérie Tasso, Insatiable: The Erotic Adventures Of A French Girl In Spain
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, The Buenos Aires Quintet (Pepe Carvalho Mysteries)
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Tattoo
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, The Man of My Life
- Pedro Zarraluki, The History of Silence
As author, co-author, or editor
[edit]- Mexico (DK Eyewitness Travel Guides) (with Maria Doulton and Petra Fischer)
- Che Guevara: A Life
- The Rainstick Pack (Sacred Earth Series)
- The World in View: Spain
- The World in View: Argentina
- The World in View: Israel
- Picking Up the Pieces: Corruption and Democracy in Peru (LAB Short Books) (with Susana Villaran)
- Columbus's Egg: New Latin American Stories on the Conquest (editor)
- Fidel Castro (Critical Lives)
- Buenos Aires
- Mexico City: A Cultural and Literary Companion (Cities of the Imagination)
- Chile in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture
- Argentina in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture
- The Faber Book of Contemporary Latin American Short Stories (editor)
- Nicaragua in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (with Hazel Plunkett)
References
[edit]- ^ "Premio Valle Inclán: Past Winners". societyofauthors.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "The Guardian: Nick Caistor". The Guardian. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Nick Caistor, Non-fiction writer, Translator". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
