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Cola Franzen

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Cola Franzen

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1923-02-04
Died
2018-04-05 age 95
Nationality
American
Languages
English, Spanish

Career

Occupations
Writer, Translator
Active Years
1984-2018
Affiliations
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), Language Research, Inc. (vice-president)
Memberships
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)

Awards

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
2000
Result: 受賞
Gregory Kolovakos Award
2004
Organization: PEN American Center
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Brujas Y Algo Más: Witches and Other Things

1984 Poetry/Short stories/Translation

A translation volume introducing works by Marjorie Agosín and others to English-speaking readers.

womenfolkloremigration
Translations
  • Translated into English by Cola Franzen

Sargazo

1993 Poetry/Translation

A collection of Latin American poetry translated into English.

poetryLatin America
Translations
  • Translated into English by Cola Franzen

Horses in the Air and Other Poems

1999 Poetry/Translation

A notable translation of poetry by Jorge Guillén.

poetrymodernist poetry
Translations
  • Translated into English by Cola Franzen

Poems of Arab Andalusia

1989 Poetry/Translation

An English translation collection of Arab-Andalusian poems based on scholarly materials.

classical poetrycultural exchange
Translations
  • Edited/translated into English by Cola Franzen

In the Cold of the Malecón & Other Stories

2000 Short stories/Translation

A collection of short stories by Antonio José Ponte translated into English.

Cuban literaturesociety
Translations
  • Translated into English by Cola Franzen & Dick Cluster

Bibliography

  • Brujas Y Algo Más: Witches and Other Things (1984)
  • Sargazo (1993)
  • Horses in the Air and Other Poems (1999)
  • Poems of Arab Andalusia (1989)
  • In the Cold of the Malecón & Other Stories (2000)

Translations of Works

  • Published numerous English translations of Spanish and Latin American literature

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Direct, faithful translation style that preserves original voice and rhythmClear, accessible English rendering
Recurring Motifs
Promotion of Latin American literatureAttention to poetic detailCross-cultural themes

Legacy

Cola Franzen was highly regarded for translating over twenty books, introducing Spanish-language writers to English-speaking audiences. She won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award and a PEN award; her papers are held at the Lilly Library, Indiana University.

Museums

  • Lilly Library (Cola Franzen papers) Lilly Library, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Academic Societies

  • American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)

Archives

  • Cola Franzen papers — Lilly Library, Indiana University Bloomington

Trivia

  • She translated many works of Spanish and Latin American literature into English.
  • Her papers are archived at the Lilly Library, Indiana University.
  • She received major translation awards in 2000 and 2004.